A tyre fell off a lorry and hit multiple vehicles on the A46 this morning (January 28) causing traffic chaos.

The incident happened at around 5.30am this morning on the southbound carriageway between A5630 for Anstey and A50 for Groby.

A spokeswoman for Leicestershire Police said the tyre struck either three and four vehicles, one of which was a bus.

The impact caused the vehicles to stop on the carriageway and the road was blocked, causing five miles of tailbacks to Hobby Horse island.

Traffic officers attended the scene and the vehicles were moved the A50 slip road while they awaited recovery.

Motorists were on the move again by 7.10am, but traffic remained slow on the slip road before the vehicles were recovered.

No one was injured.




