4.30pm UPDATE: West Mercia OCC's twitter has issued an update, reporting the lorry has now had its wheel replaced, and the road is now clear.
Original story:
DRIVERS are being advised to avoid the A46 as lorry had had a blow out, and lost an axle.
West Mercia Operations and Communications Centre has tweeted about the incident in the last 20 minutes.
The tweet adds: "Signs are out but there have been a few near misses.
"Recovery will be at least an hour please exercise caution or take an alternative route."
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