Mountain Road reopens after thick fog lifts

The Mountain Road is due to close for qualifying

The A18 Mountain Road has reopened after thick fog saw it closed for most of the morning.

Police initially shut the road, which is currently one-way from Ramsey to Onchan, after an early morning crash involving motorcyclist but did not reopen it due to the severely reduce visibility

While officers said conditions had improved enough to reopen the road, "serious care" needed to be taken due to standing water and damp patches on the route.

Isle of Man TT race organisers said, due to the improvement in the conditions, the evening's qualifying sessions was due to go ahead as planned.

'Standing water'

All roads around the 37.7-mile (60km) course are set to be closed by 18:00, with the session due to be get underway at 30 minutes later.

Monday's opening qualifying session, which was delayed by the weather, saw Michael Dunlop set the quickest pace, lapping the course at 129.590mph (208.4km/h) on the Hawk Racing Honda in the Superbike class.

Manx pairing Ryan and Callum Crowe set the pace in the sidecars at 116.699mph (187.8 km/h).