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A man was airlifted to hospital with head injuries after a car crashed into a ravine on a mountain road.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident on the A542 Horeshoe Pass between Llangollen and Llandegla just after 4pm yesterday.

A North Wales Police spokesman said a single vehicle, believed to be a Mazda MX5, was involved in the incident.

A Wales Ambulance Service spokesman said the man, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with head injuries and suspected broken arm.

North Wales Fire Service sent three fire engines from Llangollen, Ruthin and Wrexham to the scene.

A spokeswoman said: “Initial reports suggested there were multiple casualties involved in this incident.

“Firefighters used cutting equipment to release one casualty who was then taken to hospital by air ambulance.”

Initially the road was closed in both directions while emergency crews clambered down the steep slope to get to the casualty.

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Officers set up diversions for a short time until the road was reopened.

Accident investigators later arrived to carry out a detailed examination of the scene.

A driver, who went past the accident scene, said: “The white car seemed have gone over the edge into a ravine about 100 yards before the S bends near a quarry on the way towards Llangollen after the Ponderosa cafe.”