A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was involved in a three-vehicle crash which closed an Abergavenny road for several hours.

Gwent Police received a report of a road traffic collision on the Old Ross Road in Abergavenny at around 12.05pm on Thursday October 6.

The collision involved a van, a motorbike and a car.

Officers attended to assist with traffic management, along with personnel from the Welsh Ambulance Service, and the Welsh Air Ambulance.

The 65-year-old motorcyclist rider was taken to hospital by helicopter for treatment.

A spokesperson from the Wales Air Ambulance service said: “Wales Air Ambulance attended an incident in the Abergavenny area yesterday afternoon (06/10/22). Our Cardiff-based crew arrived at the scene at 14:01. Following treatment at the scene from our on-board medics, we airlifted a patient to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, leaving the scene at 15:08 and arriving at the hospital at 15:20.”

Gwent Police announced that the Old Ross Road had been reopened at around 7am on Friday.