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In an update, National Highways has said the northbound carriageway will remain closed throughout the rest of today and into the morning. Emergency resurfacing works will take place overnight and the works are expected to complete by 6am tomorrow morni…
In an update, National Highways is advising drivers to expect significant delays with the M53 northbound closed between Junction 9 (Station Road) and Junction 8 (Rossmore Road).
This is due to the collision which involved a lorry and a tipper truck[1] …
Emergency services are in attendance after junction 9 (Ellesmere Port) and south of junction 8 due to a crash involving a lorry and a tipper truck.
The incident took place at around 10.30am today (Wednesday, February 14).
As a result of the crash, one …
An air ambulance landed near the scene of a crash involving two lorries.
Emergency services were called to a crash on the M53, between junction 9 near to Station Road (Ellesmere Port[1]) and junction 8 near to Merseyton Road (Ellesmere Port Docks) at a…
Emergency services are in attendance after junction 9 (Ellesmere Port) and south of junction 8 due to a crash involving a lorry and a tipper truck.
The incident took place at around 10.30am today (Wednesday, February 14).
As a result of the crash, one …
The M53 is closed northbound between Junction 9 Ellesmere Port and Junction 8 due to a collision involving a lorry and a tipper truck.
As a result of the crash, one of the HGV’s has overturned and is leaking oil onto the carriageway.
The incident happe…
Newport City Council has been fined £2million after “a hardworking man who loved his family very much” was killed while carrying out road repair works.
Stephen Bell was barrowing tarmac from the back of the local authority’s tipper lorry when he was st…