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A VAN driver has sustained serious injuries after colliding with a HGV on the A550 Welsh Road. The road remains closed southbound due to the collision - which occurred between A540 Parkgate Road (Two Mills Traffic Lights, Two Mills) and A494 (Shotwick / Birkenhead Turn Off, Shotwick) at roughly 9.45am on Wednesday. Cheshire Police said the collision between the van and HGV caused the van to be knocked off the road into a ravine, with its driver sustaining serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said its crews attended the scene and freed the van driver who was trapped inside.