A main road in west Cumbria has been closed after a crash involving two vehicles.

Cumbria Constabulary officers were called to the A595 just before Blackbeck roundabout shortly before 6am this morning (November 30).

The vehicles involved were a Volkswagen Panel Van and a Mercedes HGV.

The road was closed but has now reopened.

A spokesman for North West Ambulance Service confirmed two male patients were taken to the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven with injuries not believed to be serious.