A person has been flown to hospital following a 'serious' crash in the Cotswolds.

The A429 is closed after a collision between Moreton and Stow earlier today.

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It has now been confirmed that a person has been taken to the John Radcliffe in Hospital by air ambulance.

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: “We were called at 12.38hrs to a road traffic incident on the A429 between Stow-on-the-Wold and Moreton-in-Marsh.

"We sent two double-crewed land ambulances, an operations officer and an air ambulance.

"We conveyed one patient to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, by air ambulance.”

Police have confirmed the A429 is closed between Tesco and Lower Rye Farm.

A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Constabulary has advised motorists to find alternative routes as the closure will remain in place for several hours.

They described the crash as a "serious collision"