Update: A339 closure near Kingsclere spills into Friday evening rush hour

Motorists were advised to seek an alternative route during the rush hour this evening (Friday), after Hampshire Constabulary confirmed the eight-hour closure of the A339 was due to a heavy load of spilled timber on the carriageway, after the lorry overturned.
Diversions in place in the area were also reported to be gridlocked.
Hampshire police were called at 9.45am today to the single-vehicle collision - near the Star pub, just outside Kingsclere
South Central Ambulance spokesman, James Keating-Wilkes, said ambulance services – including the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance – were called to the scene at 9.43am.
A 53-year-old man was taken by land ambulance to the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, with arm injuries, believed to be minor.
A rapid response vehicle and double-manned ambulance were sent to the scene.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) were called to the scene at 9.45am.
Fire crews from Kingsclere and also Basingstoke fire stations were in attendance.
HFRS spokesman, James Morton, confirmed the lorry driver was not cut out of the vehicle.
Firefighters assisted ambulance staff in putting the casualty in the ambulance and left the scene at 10.11am.