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Published:
February 17, 2006
Motorway
accident causes Burnham-On-Sea traffic snarl-up
Motorists
faced long delays around Burnham-On-Sea on Friday evening, February
17th, following an accident on
the M5 motorway involving
a lorry.
 Oil
was spilt over two lanes of the M5 after the vehicle crashed into
the central barrier near junction 23 at Pawlett.
Traffic
quickly backed up more than four miles to the Burnham-On-Sea junction
and motorists faced delays of up to 50 minutes.
As
many drivers left the motorway at junction 22 at Burnham, queues
of slow-moving traffic also built up along the southbound A38
through Edithmead and Highbridge.
The
Highways Agency carried out repairs to the central barrier and
the motorway was cleared at around 7.30pm.
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