Two motorists were taken to hospital after a crash on the A55 near Llanddulas.

Emergency services were called to a two-vehicle accident eastbound near junction 23 shortly before 10am today.

One lane was blocked by the accident with one vehicle crashing into the central reservation.

There was slow traffic through Abergele as motorists tried to avoid the disruption.

The cars involved were a Mercedes and a Hyundai.

A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We were called at shortly before 9.55am this morning to reports of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the A55 eastbound between junctions 22 for Old Colwyn and 23 for Llanddulas.

"Two crews in emergency ambulances were sent to the scene.

"Two patients have been taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd with non-life-threatening injuries."

The crash was cleared at 11.20am.

Traffic returned to normal at roughly midday.