A MAN has been taken to hospital following a crash involving three vehicles near Leominster.

Two cars and one van are believed to have been involved in the collision which happened on the A44 between Monkland and Leominster just before 9am.

Police, firefighters and an ambulance all attended.

Two patients are understood to have been walking wounded but another was taken to Hereford County Hospital.

The road has reopened.

This morning's incident happened close to the spot where a young mother was killed in a collision on Sunday.