THE A68 was blocked for a period this morning following a three vehicle crash near Cleikimin north of Jedburgh.

Police were called to the scene shortly before 10am this morning.

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The road has since reopened.

A police spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a crash involving three vehicles on the A68 near Cleikimin north of Jedburgh around 9.45am on Tuesday, January 17th.

“Recovery has been arranged for the vehicles.”

The road was also closed last night for several hours to recover an overturned lorry.