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Major police scene following crash in Huyton - updates People have been advised to avoid the area A huge police scene is in place in Huyton this morning following a serious crash. Merseyside Police were called to Liverpool Road in the early hours of this morning, Friday, July 24. Just before 2am Merseyside Police received a report that a black Cupra had come of the road causing damage to a lamppost on Liverpool Road. A large police scene is currently in place and there are road closures on Shellingford Road, Prescot Road, Liverpool Road, Somerset Road, Back Dovecot Place, Dovecot Place, Taurus Road, Turriff Road, Dinas Lane, Lordens Road and Fincham Road. Police have advised people to avoid the area while their investigation into this incident continues. A spokesperson said: "We apologise and thank you for your cooperation whilst we deal with this incident." If you witnessed this incident or have any information, CCTV or dashcam, please contact us @MerPolCC, 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with reference log 80 of Friday 24 July. Key Events One woman who lives on Liverpool Road told the ECHO: “I didn’t hear anything. I woke up this morning around 7am and saw four police cars on the road outside my house. It was a shock. My son said there’d been a crash. It’s scary and sad, when it’s on your doorstep. It looks bad.” A man said: “I heard the crash. It woke me up. I went out to see what’s happened but by the time I’d walked down police were pushing everyone back, they must have realised how bad it was. You can see a lamppost in the street, to hit it that far it must have been hit at some speed. It’s really bad.” A lamppost could be seen knocked down in the middle of Liverpool Road. CSI has arrived at the scene on Liverpool Road East Prescot Road and Liverpool Road have been closed between Princes Drive and the junction with Finch Lane and Dovecot Avenue. Heavy traffic is building on Finch Lane, the AA Roadwatch reports. - Emergency services are currently on Liverpool Road following a serious road traffic collision in Huyton in the early hours of this morning, Friday July 24. Just before 2am Merseyside Police received a report that a black Cupra had come of the road causing damage to a lamppost on Liverpool Road - A large police scene is currently in place and there are road closures on Shellingford Road, Prescot Road, Liverpool Road, Somerset Road, Back Dovecot Place, Dovecot Place, Taurus Road, Turriff Road, Dinas Lane, Lordens Road and Fincham Road. - On X, Merseytravel said: "Due to a police incident on East Prescot Road between Finch Lane and Page Moss Dovecot, Arriva service 7, 8, 9, 10, 10A & 10B are diverted via Finch Lane and Princes Drive in both directions. We currently have no timescale for this diversion" - This is just one large cordon currently at the scene. This is near Ashover Avenue and where the main investigation work appears to be taking place. People in the area were woken up by a helicopter low in the area at around 2am - ECHO reporter Megan Banner is now at the scene. She said debris is all over the road. It appears the car hit a lamppost on a grassy verge in the middle of Liverpool Road at the junction with Ashover Avenue - Members of the public are advised to avoid the area whilst an investigation into this incident continues - Merseyside Police said: "If you witnessed this incident or have any information, CCTV or dashcam, please contact us @MerPolCC, 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with reference log 80 of Friday 24 July." - Follow the Liverpool ECHO's live updates here Traffic management system Inrix states there is "slow traffic" due to the serious crash. Congestion is building in the area due to multiple roads closed. The road towards the Page Moss shops is also closed. Traffic is also building. Police advised drivers to avoid the area. One mum and her daughter said: “My daughter was awake at the time. She heard it all. The bang woke me up.” Her daughter said: “It was after one. I was still awake, the bang was so loud, I thought a lorry had overturned that’s how loud it was. I looked outside my window and there was smoke everywhere.” The mum added: “We went outside after and police were telling everyone to stay back. It was so awful, it looks so bad there’s debris everywhere. It’s sad. Really terrifying." One person, living next to the cordon on ashover, said they heard a long bang and screams at around 1.45am. She went outside around 3am and it was all cordoned off by police. Merseytravel said Arriva services 7, 8, 9, 10, 10A & 10B are being diverted via Finch Lane and Princes Drive in both directions. They said there is currently no timescale for this diversion. This is just one of the cordons currently at the scene. This is near Ashover Avenue and where the main investigation work appears to be taking place. People in the area were woken up by a helicopter low in the area at around 2am. ECHO reporter Megan Banner is now at the scene. She said she can see debris all over the road. It appears the car hit a lamppost on a grassy verge in the middle of Liverpool Road at the junction with Ashover Avenue. Near to the scene Ashover Avenue and Dinas Lane have been closed. This is close to the area where the largest police presence is as investigation work takes place. Traffic heading east (away from the city) will are currently being diverted down Finch Lane to the left and Dovecot Avenue to the right of Dovecot shops. A number of buses that use this route are currently down Princess Drive and down Finch Lane. Buses include the 7, 9, 10, 10a and 10b. There is a huge police presence in the area and a large cordon is in place in the area stretching from the shops in Page Moss all the way up to Dovecot shops, as well as side roads in the area also closed. A number of police cars are driving around the area. There are multiple road closures in place currently. One person told the ECHO there are dozens of officers driving in and around the area this morning. A huge police scene is in place in Huyton this morning following a serious crash. Merseyside Police were called to Liverpool Road in the early hours of this morning, Friday, July 24. Just before 2am Merseyside Police received a report that a black Cupra had come of the road causing damage to a lamppost on Liverpool Road.