A ROAD has been cleared after it was closed when a lorry got stuck in a tunnel.

A lorry was stuck on the A3066 in the Beaminster Tunnel, affecting traffic between Beaminster and Mosterton.

The road has now been cleared.

A spokesman for Dorset Police said: "Dorset Police received a report at around 11am of a lorry stuck in the tunnel on the A3066 in Beaminster.

"Officers attended and a road closure was put in place.

"The lorry has now turned around and the road is cleared."