Shropshire Star

Road closed after man in bridge fall

The A483 at Chirk was closed today following reports of a man falling off a bridge.

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A spokeswoman for North Wales Police said: "Police received a call at 11.15am today that a man had fallen from the bridge at Halton, near Chirk.

"Emergency services are at the scene dealing with the ongoing incident. There is no further information at the moment."

The road was closed in both directions between Halton Roundabout and Ruabon and a local diversion was put in place, but traffic was queuing as far as Junction 2 for Johnstown southbound and onto the A5 to Gledrid Roundabout northbound.

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