A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash in the early hours of this morning.

The incident happened on the A38 at Newport, near Berkeley, shortly before at 1.30am

Emergency services attended and a woman was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol by the ambulance service with serious injuries.

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Collision investigators have been at the scene and the road remained closed in both directions at Newport (in the vicinity of the old Newport Hotel site), just south of Berkeley, until around 11.30am.

Any witnesses to the incident are asked to call police on 101 and reference incident 32 of 15 August.

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