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The upgraded carriageway is not dualled but does include more places to overtake safely.

"People were finding their way around by torchlight. It was quite surreal seeing the view from my window totally black especially as I live next to a dual carriageway," he said.

Pictures from the scene show four marked police vehicles badly damaged - one with its roof ripped off - and a car on its side, with debris scattered across the northbound carriageway near Denton Burn.

Hailey left the pavement and stepped into the carriageway as she banged the doors.

Drivers heading into Hull in the early hours of 1 November spotted a young girl stood in the slow lane of the A63 dual carriageway.