Traffic chaos as cars crash on M4 (From South Wales Argus)
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Traffic chaos as three vehicles crash on M4 near Newport
11:40am Monday 8th October 2012 in Gwent news
DELAYS: Traffic queueing near J27 at High Cross in Newport this morning
UPDATE: 11.46am
TWO people involved in this morning's crash on the M4 were both taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with neck injuries.
The driver of a silver Vauxhall Omega, a 23-year-old woman from Cardiff, and the driver of a black Volkswagen Polo, a 24-year-old woman from Westbury.
The collision also involved a blue Renault Clio, the driver of which was uninjured.
Officers were called to the incident at around 7.45am today.
The motorway was closed temporarily while the vehicles were moved to the hard shoulder.
UPDATE: 9.51am
A South Wales Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said two people were still in their vehicles being assessed by paramedics.
UPDATE: 9.42am
Traffic is queueing along the SDR in Newport, and in both directions on the M4
UPDATE: 8.24am
There are severe delays on the M4 and surrounding roads in Newport after a three vehicle collision on the motorway.
Three lanes are closed due to the accident on the M4 Malpas Straight Westbound between Junction 26 A4051 (Malpas Road) and J27 B4591 (Highcross).
There is congestion on the M4 to J24 A48 / A449 (Coldra).
All three lanes are closed while emergency services deal with the three vehicle collision. Traffic is passing on the hard shoulder.
Rubbernecking motorists pausing on the opposite carriageway to look at the crash are causing further congestion and delays.
Comments(18)
amandaajd1
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9:49am Mon 8 Oct 12
.BIG TIME...
Mervyn James
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9:54am Mon 8 Oct 12
amandaajd1
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10:10am Mon 8 Oct 12
es they a friggin nightmare...wish I never bought one...:(
Magor
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11:12am Mon 8 Oct 12
and2ys
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2:05pm Mon 8 Oct 12
maryjj wrote:Totally agree with you. Also the other anoying thing with the South Wales Argus website is sometimes the page needs to recover or is not responding. Nothing wrong with my computer as the same happens when using a different computer in another part of our sold called City.
Please turn off all of these irritating advertising pop ups. Everytime I try to read the news, the article is covered up by either school advertisements or gym membership. It does not inspire me to buy anything, it doesn't even apply to me. It only annoys me to the point that i'll stop looking at the South Wales Argus. I appreciate that you need to sell advertising space to pay for this facility but please do find another way of making it available to readers.
stracey-tracey-smyth
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2:30pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Poolerkev
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2:38pm Mon 8 Oct 12
macbumble
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4:31pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Magor wrote:They want to put a new one in but the dogooders don't want one.
Get a new motorway built.
Bananas59
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4:44pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Keith P
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5:54pm Mon 8 Oct 12
maryjj wrote:Maryjj I was going to write an email that would have been very close to this wording. I usually use iPad or iPhone both have issues with touching the close pop up button with out enlarging, if one enlarges one runs the danger of opening the darn thing.
Please turn off all of these irritating advertising pop ups. Everytime I try to read the news, the article is covered up by either school advertisements or gym membership.
It does not inspire me to buy anything, it doesn't even apply to me. It only annoys me to the point that i'll stop looking at the South Wales Argus. I appreciate that you need to sell advertising space to pay for this facility but please do find another way of making it available to readers.
cwmbran man
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7:00pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Limestonecowboy
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7:19pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Outthere
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8:01pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Limestonecowboy
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8:24pm Mon 8 Oct 12
I agree - lorries what about 'white vans' these seem to be excempt from any speed limit! the problem is you get tangled up with them because of the restriction making it more dangerous .
Riley2012
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8:30pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Ian MacKinlay
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9:43pm Mon 8 Oct 12
" It only annoys me to the point that i'll stop looking at the South Wales Argus."
I already have. I've got better things to do with my reading time, looking at the sites of other newspapers, than to continually fight this problem.
allassio
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7:57pm Sat 13 Oct 12
As for adverts causing a nuisance, I suggest that the user gets into the preferences for the browser they are using, look up 'content' and click on 'block pop-ups'. It works on Firefox, safari and Internet Explorer, so I would assume it does so on others as well. I use this and it works OK for me.
Best of luck Guys & Gals.
maryjj says...
9:43am Mon 8 Oct 12
It does not inspire me to buy anything, it doesn't even apply to me. It only annoys me to the point that i'll stop looking at the South Wales Argus. I appreciate that you need to sell advertising space to pay for this facility but please do find another way of making it available to readers.