A LORRY has overturned onto it's side, closing a busy main road this morning.

The A126 between the Lakeside shopping centre and the A13 in Thurrock has been shut by police, after the lorry overturned.

The road will remain closed for "several hours."

There has been no reported injuries.

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A spokesman from the Essex Roads Policing Team, said: "Units on scene at an overturned lorry on the A126.

"Road will remain closed for several hours to facilitate recovery.

"Thankfully no one was injured."