One flown to hospital after crash involving motorcyclist and a car on A483 between Chirk and Wrexham
One person was airlifted to hospital after a crash involving a car and a motorbike on the A483 north of Oswestry.
Emergency services were sent to the Johnstown area on the A483 south of Wrexham at just before 2pm on Friday and traffic officers closed the road half an hour later to allow the air ambulance to land.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called today, Friday 14 April, at approximately 1.59pm, to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a motorbike on the A483.
"We sent two rapid response vehicles and one emergency ambulance to the scene.
"We were supported by colleagues from the Wales Air Ambulance.
"One patient has been conveyed by air to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment.”
An eyewitness saw the air ambulance land at the Esso petrol station on the outskirts of Ruabon.
He said: "I was told that the motorcyclist had a broken hip and was taken to hospital at Stoke."
Heavy traffic was reported to be building up around the whole area from Oswestry to Wrexham during the afternoon as the road was closed for the medical helicopter to land.
Officers from Traffic Wales said the road was reopened at 4pm.
AA Traffic News reported traffic delays stretching back into Shropshire around Gobowen and into Oswestry as well as Chirk.
