A woman has died after the ambulance vehicle she was in was involved in a crash with a van in north Wales.
Police were called to the scene of a collision between a Welsh Ambulance Service Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service vehicle and a tipper van on the A470 in Meirionnydd shortly after 1.10pm on Thursday, April 8.
Three people were treated at the scene - near Talrafon, between Dolgellau and Llanelltyd in Gwynedd - and taken to hospital. The male driver of the ambulance vehicle was airlifted to hospital with what police have described as serious injuries, while the male driver of the tipper van was taken to hospital with a leg injury.
A woman, who was a patient in the ambulance vehicle, died on her way to hospital, police have confirmed. The woman has not been named, but her family and HM Coroner have been informed.
Sergeant Raymond Williams of the North Wales Police Roads Policing Unit said: "We’d like to offer our sincerest sympathies to the woman’s family at this difficult time.
“Sadly this is now being investigated as a fatal road traffic collision, so we are appealing to anybody who may have information; or anybody who may have been travelling along the A470 and who may have dashcam footage, to contact us immediately.
“The A470 between Dolgellau and Llanelltyd remains closed at this time to allow colleagues from the Forensic Collision Investigation Unit to carry out their initial investigation, and we’d like to thank motorists for their cooperation and understanding.”
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or who may have information that could help their investigation, to contact them online or by calling 101, quoting incident number Z047820.
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