UPDATE: The Traffic Management Centre advises O'Connell Road is closed in both directions about five kilometres north of the town of O'Connell due to an accident involving a B-double.
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Light vehicles are able to divert via Lagoon Road and Vale Road.
Heavy vehicles are advised to divert via the Great Western Highway and Jenolan Caves Road - this diversion will add about an hour to journey time.
The road is expected to remain closed for several hours while a vehicle salvage takes place.
Emergency services and traffic crews are on scene.
EARLIER: Emergency services are on the scene of a truck crash on the O’Connell Road, south-east of Bathurst.
A B-double truck is on its side at the side of the road.
The crash site is five kilometres north of the O’Connell village.
Roads and Maritime Services’ Live Traffic website advises that traffic is being affected in both directions.
Drivers are urged to take care in the area.