One woman has died and three people have sustained life-threatening injuries after a crash on the A470 in north Wales. The two-car collision happened between the villages of Betws-y-Coed and Dolwyddelan late on Thursday afternoon.
Police were called to the scene at around 4.45pm on Thursday following a crash between a cream-coloured Renault Captur and a beige coloured Daimler vintage car. A large police presence attended the incident, along with fire crews, road ambulances and two air ambulance helicopters. To get the latest WalesOnline newsletters e-mailed to you directly, click here.
The female passenger of the Daimler car was pronounced dead at the scene. She has not been named at this stage but police have confirmed that she was in her 60s. The male driver of that car and the front seat passenger of the Renault were both airlifted to hospital in Stoke, while the driver of the Renault was taken to the same hospital by road ambulance. All three have serious and life-threatening injuries, police have confirmed.
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A section of the A470 between Betws-y-Coed and Dolwyddelan was closed in both directions for several hours while forensic collision investigators carried out an investigation into the fatal crash. Police are now appealing for witnesses who may have seen the incident to come forward.
“Sadly this is now being investigated as a fatal road traffic collision and our thoughts remain with everyone involved,” said Sergeant Jason Diamond of North Wales Police’s Roads Policing Unit. “We believe that the Renault was travelling towards the Betws-y-Coed area with the Daimler travelling in the opposite direction towards Dolwyddelan and I am urging anybody who may have seen either vehicle being driven prior to the collision, or anybody who may have been travelling along the A470 and who may have dash cam footage to contact us immediately.
“The road remains closed and I’d like to thank the motoring public and local community for their patience and understanding. Anybody with information that could assist with the investigation is urged to contact officers at the Roads Policing Unit via the live web chat or by calling 101, quoting incident number B071845.”
