Avoid if you can help it.

Warning, some quite distressing pictures on the link.

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/n...spitalised-following-m56-pile-up-7909995

Came past this on the way home, looked really nasty.

2 dead: Echo

Currently looking out of office window in Chester City centre wondering whether or not to go for a walk round the city or wait in a traffic jam.

This added to the congestion:

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/n...orry-stuck-under-bridge-frodsham-7910729

and I believe there were problems at the tunnel, with traffic queuing back to J3 of the M53.