A man has died following a serious road traffic collision in Chester.

Emergency services had to be called to the A483 Wrexham Road at around 7.15pm on Friday when a heavy goods vehicle had hit a traffic light.

The light had penetrated the cab of the wagon, leaving the man trapped.

He was taken to hospital but died a short time later.

The road was closed northbound for several hours as fire crews isolated the power supply to the traffic light and cleared a small diesel spillage from the vehicle.