Update: 5.58pm: the accident on the A35, near the turn for Axminster, has now been cleared.

Update 5.50pm: The A35 remains partially blocked, but is reported to be ‘busy but moving’ due to the accident involving two vehicles near the B3261 Lyme Road.

5.30pm: Few details are known at the moment, but it’s understood that the incident involves two vehicles on the A35, near the B3261 Lyme Road.