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A5/A483 at Chirk will be closed all day after tractor crash

The A5/A483 at Chirk will remain closed until tonight after a tractor crash which left it precariously close to the edge of a viaduct.

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The main route from Shropshire into North Wales between the Gledrid and the Halton roundabout will be closed until 10pm tonight the Highways Agency has said.

The crash, which involved two other cars, happened just before 2pm on Monday closing the road in both directions.

Firefighters cut one man out of the wreckage of one of the cars and he was taken to Wrexham Maelor Hospital for further treatment.

Two other people were treated at the scene.

Traffic will today be diverted through Chirk, so expect long delays.

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