A5 reopens north of Oswestry after five-vehicle crash
The A5 north of Oswestry has reopened after being closed due to a crash earlier on Thursday evening.
The collision on the northbound carriageway near Chirk closed the road.
However, Traffic Wales has announced the road is clear and available for motorists after a brief closure.
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene of the collision on the A5 between the Gledrid and Halton roundabouts at about 3.22pm.
At 5.24pm Traffic Wales tweeted: "Road shall be closed in both directions so that we are able to recover the vehicles from the network.
"Next update when road has reopened."
A spokesman for North Wales Police said: "We received a call at 3.22pm reporting a five-vehicle road traffic collision on the A5 near Chirk.
"Officers attended and the road was closed whilst the incident was dealt with."
Traffic Wales North and Mid advised drivers to avoid the area and put diversions in place until an update at 4.44pm said that a vehicle had been "safely removed from the network".
AA Traffic News reported huge tailbacks on the road between the Gledrid and Halton roundabouts and in the surrounding area.
Neither Welsh Ambulance Service or West Midlands Ambulance reported attending an incident in the area.
