POLICE and an ambulance attended an accident near the Hare and Hounds pub-restaurant at Downend which left a car on its roof.

The cause of the crash and the number of vehicles involved are not known at this stage, but those stuck in the traffic snarl up that followed estimate the incident happened just before 7.30pm today (Saturday).

Once the ambulance left the scene, police began to manage the traffic.

More to follow.