CRASH: Emergency services were called to Crown roundabout on the A4042 at 5.55pm
UPDATE: 7.38am
THE incident involved two cars on the northbound side of the A4042, close to the Gwent Police headquarters.
Fire crews from the Cwmbran and Malpas stations attended
UPDATE: 6.57pm
A woman was helped out of a vehicle by paramedics after a two-car crash near the police headquarters, a fire service spokeswoman said.
She added that fire service crews then made the vehicle safe.
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ONE person was taken to hospital after a two-car crash on the A4042 in Ponthir earlier tonight.
Emergency services were called to the scene at the Crown roundabout, near Burton's Biscuits, at 5.55pm.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said that one person was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital.
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