Freelands Road, Oxford, chemical incident. Google Maps
A ROAD was closed and emergency services scrambled after fears of a chemical incident in a car in East Oxford.
A police cordon shut off Freelands Road just after 6am after a caller reported symptoms from a possible chemical or harmful substance that they had been in contact with in their car.
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One man was taken to hospital for the minor symptoms and the fire service found nothing hazardous in the patient's car.
Paramedics, two fire crews, police and a specialist hazardous materials detection team from Bicester were sent to the scene.
The road was reopened about midday.
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