UPDATE: 6.40pm

A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital following a crash on the A4043 Snatchwood Road in Abersychan.

Paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service arrived on the scene at around 5.10pm, with officers from Gwent Police attending.

A spokesman from Gwent Police confirmed that no other vehicles were involved in the crash and the man on the motorcycle was taken to Nevill Hall hospital with 'non-life threatening' injuries.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed that the paramedics left the scene at around 6.10pm.

Traffic has also returned to normal.

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UPDATE: 5.55pm

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TRAFFIC is slow on the A4043 in Abersychan following reports of an accident involving a motorcyclist, close to the Methodist Church.

Snatchwood Road is affected in both directions and the road through the Torfaen village is partially blocked, with the incident happening at around 5.20pm.

A spokesman from the Welsh Ambulance Service has confirmed that paramedics are on the scene.