Two in hospital and roads closed after crash

Two people are in hospital after a serious single-vehicle crash in Cirencester.

Paramedics - including two air ambulances - and police were called to A419 Cirencester Road, near Dobbies Garden Centre, at 10:30 GMT.

Several roads have been closed including the A429 Bristol Road, the A419 Swindon/Cirencester Road and turning from Dobbies Garden Centre on the A419.

Closures are expected to stay in place for a "number of hours" and motorists have been urged to avoid the area, police have said.

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said the two people were sent to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.

They added five-double crewed land ambulances were also sent to the scene.

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