Crash sparks rush-hour chaos.Byline: By Tony Deeley RUSH-hour traffic was thrown into chaos today after a multiple crash blocked a Midlands motorway, causing huge tailbacks. Thousands of people across the region were late for work as a result of the smash, which involved five cars. The accident happened on the south-bound section of between Junctions 10 and 10A at Walsall just before 6.30 am. All three lanes of the motorway were blocked, causing lengthy tailbacks. Traffic was delayed for up to half an hour but no-one was hurt. A spokeswoman for the Highways Agency said the accident led to a sevenmile queue Pronounced "Q." A temporary holding place for data. See queuing, message queue and print queue. (programming) queue - A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence objects. Objects are added to the tail of the queue ("enqueued") and taken off the head ("dequeued"). of traffic on the south-bound carriageway carriageway Noun 1. Brit the part of a road along which traffic passes in one direction: the westbound carriageway of the M4 2. back to Junction 11 at Cannock and a five-mile tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction on the opposite carriageway as motorists slowed down to look at what had happened. "It was a multiple vehicle collision involving five cars. All three lanes of the motorway were blocked at one point," she said. "Officers from the Highways Agency were on the scene within six minutes and the cars were moved onto the hard shoulder by 6.58am." She added: "It was the busy rush-hour. There were quite a few delays but traffic did return to normal on that part of the motorway fairly quickly." CAPTION(S): CRAWLING... traffic grinds to a halt at the scene of the crash between junctions 10 and 10A. Picture: Trevor Roberts Photo ref.: TR131008rtas-1 |
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