A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital after they were injured in a crash on a main road in Powys.

Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed that a rider was rushed to hospital by helicopter following a collision near Llanidloes last week (Wednesday, October 23).

Officers closed the road just outside Llangurig for several hours to allow emergency services to attend to the rider.

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The incident was one of two major crashes on the A470 that day, with a three-vehicle collision involving five people which led to one person being taken to hospital.  

A spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police said: “Police attended a single vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on the A470 near Llangurig at about 2pm, Wednesday, October 23.

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“The male rider of a blue Yamaha motorcycle was taken to hospital by air ambulance.

“The road was closed and reopened at about 4.20pm.”

The condition of the rider remains unclear.