Air ambulance lands on A483 after multi vehicle collision

The A483 northbound has reopened following a collision that left the road closed for almost two hours.

#A483 at #Rossett near #Wrexham update. South bound lanes re-opened but one lane north bound still closed so some delays still likely. Please be patient and slow down. Diolch pic.twitter.com/VqsMqCkEW2

— North Wales Police (@NWPolice) May 4, 2018

The collision involved several cars and a motorcycle, with the air ambulance landing on the southbound carriageway.

Original story / updates below:

Update 10am: The Air Ambulance left the incident at 9:55am and headed to Liverpool, with the southbound carriageway reopening minutes later.

Thanks to Dan for this video of the air ambulance taking off and heading to Liverpool – who adds that the southbound carriageway is now open pic.twitter.com/7HxQeNave8

— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) May 4, 2018

Original information below.

Emergency services are currently at the scene, with a road traffic collision taking place between Dodleston and the Posthouse roundabout.

Cheshire Police said at 9:30am: “A483 closed Belgrave junction to Rossett both directions due to an accident, air ambulance on scene, disruption likely for the next hour or so, please bear with us, thank you ”

A car and motorbike have reportedly been involved in the incident.

Traffic is being affected on the northbound between Gresford and just before the Posthouse Roundabout.

Both carriageways are closed to allow the air ambulance to land.

It is thought the incident took place shortly before 8:30am this morning.

@wrexham @ShitChester bad crash on A483 northbound near posthouse

— Jamie Davin (@JamieDavin) May 4, 2018

Accident N bound A483 Chester end near lights @wrexham Motorcyclist injured, delays as road nearly blocked

— John Devlin (@DieselTuning) May 4, 2018

I assume there’s been an accident on the A483 Northbound or something as it’s quiet as a mouse at the end of the bypass heading from Wrexham! ? Went through villages as showed backed up under Dodleston bridge on Google maps @wrexham pic.twitter.com/hYX54ViN8E

— Ali Owen (@AllyOwen) May 4, 2018

More information when we have it.

*Picture – Claire Jones