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Tractor trailer falls over on A259 causing chemical spill

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By Billie-Jo Becker Reporter / Deputy Audience and Content Editor
Pictures show overturned tractor trailer on A259 Blue Star roundabout <i>(Image: EDDIE MITCHELL)</i>
Pictures show overturned tractor trailer on A259 Blue Star roundabout (Image: EDDIE MITCHELL)
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A busy road was shut for hours after a tractor trailer overturned and caused a chemical spill.

The trailer, carrying fertiliser, toppled over on the Roundstone Bypass, near the Blue Star Roundabout, in Rustington.

Emergency services responded to the traffic incident at approximately 9pm yesterday evening (Tuesday, June 10).

(Image: EDDIE MITCHELL) This caused significant disruption to eastbound traffic.

According to the AA, the road has now reopened.

In a statement Sussex Police said: "At 9pm on Tuesday (10 June) police responded to a report of an overturned tractor carrying fertiliser on the A259 Roundstone Bypass in Angmering.

(Image: EDDIE MITCHELL)

(Image: EDDIE MITCHELL)"The road was closed in both directions while Highways supported in clearing the chemical from the scene.

"No injuries were reported during the incident, and the road was fully reopened by around 4.30am."

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