Tragedy as driver killed in crash on busy Chester road

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorist died in a fatal smash on a busy Chester^[1] road. Emergency services were scrambled to the A483 between Belgrave and Rossett at around 9.25am this morning.

Cheshire Police say officers found a blue BMW 3 Series had collided with a stationary truck parked in a layby on the stretch. Now the force has confirmed that the BMW driver, believed to be a 27-year-old man from Chester, sadly died at the scene.

The southbound stretch remains shut between Belgrave traffic lights and Junction 7 in Rossett while collision investigation work continues. Meanwhile part of the northbound stretch was also shut between Junction 7 and Post House roundabout.

Missing woman, 22, found dead in Cheshire woodland^[2]

A spokeswoman for the constabulary said: "At 9.25am on Monday, August 7, Cheshire Police were called to a two-vehicle collision on the border with North Wales.

"The collision involved a blue BMW 3 series and a stationary HGV parked in a layby on the A483.

"Sadly, the driver of the BMW, believed to be a 27-year-old man from Chester, died at the scene. Next of kin have been informed. The A483 is closed from Belgrave traffic lights/Junction to J7 A483 Rossett, south bound, while emergency services work at the scene.

"The road is also closed northbound between junction 7 and the Post House roundabout."

Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed it sent two emergency ambulances a duty operations manager and one Cymru high acuity response unit to the scene. North Wales Fire and Rescue Service say crews had also been called out.

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