Traffic came to a halt on the A38 at Ashburton yesterday afternoon after a 13-year-old boy was thought to have fallen from a bridge.

The incident happened by the Linhay junction shortly before 5pm. police were alerted and sped to the scene.

Early reports suggested drivers had seen a man standing on the edge of the bridge and that he had subsequently fallen on to the Plymouth-bound carriageway.

It is thought that two vehicles then collided.

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