UPDATE: The road is expected to remain closed into the morning as the clean up continues. Police confirmed that the driver has significant arm injuriesThe driver of a lorry has been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a tanker carrying palm oil overturned on the A4042 overnight.

The road remains closed this morning between the Hardwick roundabout and Llanellen while the road is cleared

Officers remained on the scene overnight while they waited for a suitable recovery vehicle to clear the road and early this morning a spokesman confirmed that the road would will remain closed while The South Wales Trunk Road Agency undertook the clear up operation.