Three people have been taken to hospital after a serious accident on the A40 near Raglan

Emergency services were called to the scene at about 2.45 when two cars collided near the Raglan Interchange on the northbound carriageway.

Firefighters from Monmouth and Usk used hydraulic cutting gear to free three people trapped in one of the cars.

The casualties were taken to Nevill Hall hospital in Abergavenny.