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Major city road closed due to police incident

Eleanor MaslinEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
News imageBBC Cones are placed across a road next to traffic lights and a bridge in a city. A sign says 'road closed' and a police car is parked in front of it. A police van can also be seen, along with an ambulance and firefighters on the corner of the street.BBC
Part of Beverley Road in Hull has been closed due to an ongoing police incident

A main road into Hull has been closed in both directions due to an ongoing police incident.

Beverley Road was closed at about 23:30 GMT between the junctions for De Grey Street and Queens Road, with police and other emergency services at the scene.

Humberside Police advised motorists and pedestrians to avoid the area.

Stagecoach Hull has informed passengers that its Beverley Road services would be diverting down Spring Bank, Princes Avenue, Newland Avenue, Cottingham Road and back onto Beverley Road "until further notice".

Reporting from the scene for BBC Radio Humberside, Sally Fairfax said there were eight or nine police vehicles between both junctions on Beverley Road.

"The street is completely closed from the top of De Grey Street, the junction with Beverley Road, all the way up to the junction with Queens Road," she said.

She added the road closure was affecting some parents taking their children to Stepney Primary School.

News imageGoogle A Google Maps picture of a street which has red lines going down it to signify it is closed and an incident is happening. Text can be seen around it for surrounding streets which provide an aerial view of the area.Google
The closure was put in place just after 23:30 GMT on Thursday

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