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Five injured in head-on M4 crash | |
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Five people have been injured in a head-on crash on the M4 in south Wales, amid reports a vehicle was driven the wrong way on the motorway. | |
The M4 was closed in both directions between junctions 40 and 41 at Port Talbot. | |
It comes 12 days after five people died in another head-on M4 crash about 40 miles away, when a car was driven the wrong way near Newport. | |
South Wales Police were alerted to the incident at 1650 BST. | South Wales Police were alerted to the incident at 1650 BST. |
The ambulance service confirmed it was attending a head-on collision between two vehicles. | The ambulance service confirmed it was attending a head-on collision between two vehicles. |
Crews are attending to five casualties, with three en route to Morriston Hospital in Swansea. | Crews are attending to five casualties, with three en route to Morriston Hospital in Swansea. |
The incident happened after one vehicle went on to the motorway after driving along an exit road. | |
The ambulance service said a helicopter, four ambulances and an ambulance car were at the scene. | The ambulance service said a helicopter, four ambulances and an ambulance car were at the scene. |
In the earlier crash, in the early hours of Monday, 17 September, an elderly couple in one car died when another car containing four young men hit them head-on. | |
Three of the men in the car died. It was travelling on the wrong side of the motorway after it had earlier been pursued by police. | Three of the men in the car died. It was travelling on the wrong side of the motorway after it had earlier been pursued by police. |