Section of A61 in Chesterfield shut for hours due to 'incident'

Part of the A61 in Chesterfield was closed into the early hours of the morning as police dealt with what they described as an 'incident'.
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Officers shut the road between the Tesco and Horns Bridge roundabouts shortly before 11pm.

The carriageways were reopened by about 2am.

A Derbyshire police spokesman said: "The incident was safely resolved."

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

More information is expected to be released when we are briefed by police later this morning.