Gardaí have been forced to close the main N20 Cork-Limerick Road after an articulated lorry jack-knifed and spilled its cargo of grain, blocking both lanes of the roadway.
The incident happened at around 1.30pm near Mourneabbey between Cork and Mallow with the truck and trailer overturning and spilling its huge consignment of grain across the road.
It’s understood that nobody was injured in the incident but gardaí were forced to close the road and diversions have been put in place to facilitate the clean-up operation.
Units of Mallow Fire Service assisted with the clean-up operation and a large crane was also brought to the scene to lift the lorry from its side and get it upright so it could be removed from the scene.
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Mallow gardaí told The Irish Times at 9pm that the road remained closed with diversions in place via the Dromahane turn-off but that the road was expected to re-open around 10pm on Friday.
