Emergency services rush to incident near beauty spot aqueduct
A major emergency services response was sent to a beauty spot on the border in north Wales.
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North Wales Police said officers were responding to an incident in the Froncysyllte area and that roads surrounding the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct are closed.
A statement from the said: "We are currently responding to an incident in the Froncysyllte area.
"Officers are in attendance, alongside colleagues from the Welsh Ambulance Service and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
"The roads surrounding the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct are closed and we are kindly asking people to avoid the area for the time being and take alternative routes where possible."
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.20am to an incident near Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Trevor.
“We sent an emergency ambulance to the scene, where the crew was supported by a Cymru High Acuity Response Unit paramedic, an operations manager and the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service in a Wales Air Ambulance charity helicopter.”
The fire service confirmed that they were supporting the police.
At 2.46pm the police said all roads surrounding the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct have reopened.
"Thank you for your patience and understanding as emergency services dealt with the incident," a statement read.
