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Traffic chaos after chemical barrels fall off lorry on M56
Sep 10 2009 by Barry Ellams, Chester Chronicle
MOTORISTS faced a nightmare getting in and out of Frodsham and Helsby on Tuesday evening following a major incident on the M56.
Thousands of motorists were stuck in a massive tailback after chemical barrels fell on the carriageway.
A 43-year-old lorry driver from Stafford has been interviewed by police after the drums fell from his wagon into the path of cars on the eastbound carriageway near the junction 12 slip road at Runcorn.
The tail-back stretched eight miles to Chester and beyond to the start of the motorway at the A5117 after the carriageway was closed for more than seven hours from about 1.30pm.
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