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A417 near Gloucester closed 'for hours' after fatal crashes | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A main commuter route between the M4 and the M5 near Gloucester has been closed after two fatal crashes. | |
A 54-year-old man from Cheltenham died in a crash involving a lorry and a car on the A417 at Crickley Hill at about 03:10 GMT, police said. | |
A second crash also involving a car and an HGV on the same road between the Air Balloon roundabout and Nettleton Bottom happened at about 11:35. | |
Police said a person travelling in a car had died in the second crash. | |
The A417 has been closed in both directions for about five miles from the A46 to the Cowley roundabout. | |
Gloucestershire Police said the driver of a Ford Focus died in a head-on collision with an HGV near Little Witcombe, in the first crash. | |
He was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
'Avoid the area' | |
Both the lorry drivers were not thought to have been injured, police added. | |
After the initial crash, the Highways Agency said the road between the A46 and the Air Balloon roundabout was likely to be shut until mid-afternoon. | |
The route connects the M4 and the M5, between Gloucester and Swindon, and is used by about 30,000 vehicles each day. | The route connects the M4 and the M5, between Gloucester and Swindon, and is used by about 30,000 vehicles each day. |
Neil Sterio, from the agency, said: "People should avoid the area if possible. Even the diversion routes are likely to be heavily congested. | |
"We are looking at mid afternoon rather than late morning for this to clear." | "We are looking at mid afternoon rather than late morning for this to clear." |