A BUSY East Lancashire link road was reduced to one lane on a blind bend today when a van left the road and landed on a wall.

The Surridge Dawson vehicle hit the perimeter wall of Brookside Nurseries in Roundhill Road, Haslingden, at about 8am.

The road, which links Haslingden to Blackburn and Oswaldtwistle, was blocked on one side as a recovery vehicle lifted the van from the wall.

A police officer officer directed traffic for about an hour while a crane was used to recover the vehicle.

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