UPDATE - The road has now reopened.

A MAIN road in Redditch is closed in both directions due to a ‘police incident’.

A road closure has been put in place on Coventry Highway.

According to West Mercia Operations and Communications Centre, the incident is near to the turn-off for Church Hill and Winyates East.

Motorists are being to find an alternative route.

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A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "Police were called at 8.20am this morning to a collision on Coventry Highway.

"The road is currently closed. At this stage it does not appear anyone has been seriously injured."