More than a dozen police cars have been sent to the scene of a "very serious incident" that's closed the A30 westbound.

A total of 13 units from Devon and Cornwall Police have been dispatched to the scene of the accident, which happened just before 7.20pm near Scorrier.

A police spokesman said it was too early to give any further details about the accident but said the road would be closed for "some time".

He added: "We are putting diversions in place. It's a very serious incident there at the moment. The road is closed westbound.


Ambulance crews are also on the scene.


We'll bring you more details as we have them