Pictures show scene after lorry sheds load of bricks at Chesterfield’s Horns Bridge roundabout

Police attended the busy junction after bricks fell from a lorry – prompting a big clean-up operation.

Shortly before 3pm, Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit tweeted: “Insecure load – bricks slid off the bed and now blocking the road. Why we try and stop as many as we can. ‘It's never come off before’ excuse doesn't wash. #SaferLoads.”

At this stage, police have not released any further details about the incident.