Crunch time on Derbyshire roads as lorry sheds load of biscuits

Police said they approached the scene gingerly' after thousands of McVitie's packets escaped transit

Drivers in Derbyshire found themselves obstructed by an avalanche of biscuits when a lorry spilled hundreds of McVitie's packets across a main road.

Derbyshire constabulary were called to Ilkeston Road, in Sandiacre, at about 4.30pm Monday after the road and pavement were strewn with Ginger Nuts and Bourbon Creams. A rescue operation for the fallen biscuits concluded more than seven hours later.