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Driver taken to hospital after lorry overturns

A lorry overturned near Welshpool in the early hours of this morning.

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Picture by Welshpool Fire Station

Two fire crews from Welshpool and Montgomery were sent to the incident at 6.18am.

Picture by Welshpool Fire Station

The crash involved a HGV lorry which had left the road and tipped on its side near Castle Caereinion.

The male driver of the lorry was released by fire crews and treated by Wales Ambulance Service crews.

Picture by Welshpool Fire Station

Wales Ambulance Service spokesman Liam Randall said: "We were called at approximately 6.25am this morning to reports of a single-vehicle road traffic collision involving a lorry on the A458 near Llanfair Caereinion.

"We sent two crews in emergency ambulances and a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and a man was taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital."

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