A127 closed for seven hours after crash (From Echo)

A127 closed for seven hours after crash

8:20am Tuesday 24th June 2008 in News

The A127 was closed for seven hours while the emergency services removed two heavy goods lorries involved in a crash.

The Southend-bound carriageway was closed from 6.30am until 1.30pm yesterday (Tues), following the accident between the Dunton and Fortune of War turnoffs, in Laindon.This caused 15 mile tailbacks all the way to Romford during rush hour.One of the lorries' cabs was badly crushed, when it hit the back end of another lorry and knocked a giant metal container off its trailer.There was 14 tonnes of asbestos inside, but none of the deadly dust spilled out as the metal container did not crack.Sub officer Marc Diggory, from Basildon Fire Station, said: "The road had to be closed for a long time, because it was always going to take hours to lift two huge heavy goods vehicles and their cargo off the road."