EMERGENCY crews were called out to reports of a person needing urgent medical attention near Pontypool yesterday.

The Wales Air Ambulance attended the incident, at Varteg, along with two rapid-response vehicles and an emergency ambulance.

The incident occurred at around 12.40pm yesterday afternoon.

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The patient was taken by road to the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff.

Details of their condition are not available at this time.