Person airlifted to hospital after motorbike crash on A40
The road was closed for several hours, and reopened shortly before 3pm.
A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesperson confirmed that the motorbike crash resulted in one person being airlifted to hospital.
'Dyfed-Powys Police received a report of a single-vehicle road traffic collision involving a motorbike on the A40 between Manordeilo and Llandeilo at around 10.45am on Saturday, June 21,' the spokesperson said.
'One person was airlifted to hospital.
'The road was closed whilst the vehicle was recovered and reopened just before 3pm.'
A Wales Air Ambulance spokesperson said: "Wales Air Ambulance attended an incident in this region on Saturday.
'Our Dafen-based crew were allocated at 10.49am and attended via air.
'We arrived on scene at 11.05am and we cleared the scene at 1.30pm."
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