UPDATE: Lorry blown over on A1

The accident happened around 9.10am as the lorry was crossing the bridge over the River Tyne.

Police and fire services were quickly at the scene and it is not believed anyone has been seriously injured.

The road was closed for nearly nine hours due to the difficulty of recovering lorry in the high winds.

Traffic was diverted via the A199.

**DIVERSIONS**

Shortly after 9am this morning a HGV overturned while travelling northbound across the Tyne Bridge on the #A1.

Thankfully, the driver was uninjured however due to the strong winds recovery is not possible at this time.

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— East Lothian Police (@EastLothPolice) June 14, 2018

The road was finally re-opened just before 6pm/

*CLEARED* ⭐️17:57 ⌚️️#A1 N/B between Dunbar and Haddington is now OPEN ✅ after an overturned HGV had restricted the road from Storm Hector #GoodNews 💨#BeAware @SETrunkRoads @EastLothPolice @ELCouncil https://t.co/RgU1vazoaB … https://t.co/NXhNfdrIyH

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) June 14, 2018

The incident comes as Storm Hector sweeps through East Lothian with gale force winds.

READ MORE: Storm Hector wreaks havoc on East Lothian

A number of events have been cancelled due to the weather today.

The East Lothian Secondary Schools County Athletics Championship which was due to take place at Meadowmill has been postponed until next week.

And Longniddry Primary School has cancelled its sports day.

Due to high winds and dangerous conditions we have decided to cancel sports for this afternoon. Internet connection in school is down so we are unable to text or email. Please spread the word. #stormhector

— Longniddry Primary (@longniddryps) June 14, 2018

It is not the first time a lorry has overturned during windy weather on this section of the A1.

In October last year the road was closed for over six hours after a similar accident.