Normal train services have resumed after a lorry crashed into a railway bridge today.

The incident in Coombe Valley Road in Dover caused some disruption to rail users with a temporary 20mph restriction put in place for trains.

But at 3.43pm, Network Rail confirmed normal services had resumed.

Dean Shaw from Network Rail said: "The incident has not had any real impact on services with the line still open.

"However, a 20mph restriction was in place whilst a container was being removed. Recovery started at 3pm and normal service resumed at 3.43pm."

Coombe Valley residents heard a loud noise before noticing a HGV had collided with a bridge in the road, at about 1pm.

The road was closed between Magdala Road and Primrose Road, while police and Highways dealt with the incident.

Zeta Hayden said: “I was in my brother's house on Edgar Road helping him do some renovation when I heard a huge crash.

“My first thought was a truck has crashed in the truck park but I didn’t see anything, so checked the other side of the house and saw people congregating at the bottom of the road. I went down and then I saw the lorry.”

Ms Hayden said the lorry was resting on a fence and was only a metre from somebody’s home.

Press officer, Andy Saunders, said: “Kent Police was called at 12.39pm following a collision in Coombe Valley Road, Dover.

“It is reported that a lorry collided with a bridge and also shed some of its load.

“There are no injuries."