A MAN was airlifted to hospital after being involved in a crash in Gwynedd yesterday (March 3).

Emergency services were called to a crash involving two motorbikes on the B4404 in Abergynolwyn, Tywyn at around 3.15pm.

The road was closed for several hours with North Wales Police, Welsh Ambulance Service and the Wales Air Ambulance in attendance.

A man was airlifted to Royal Hospital in Stoke with serious injuries.

A North Wales Police spokesperson said: "We were called at 3.15pm on Sunday, March 3, following a report of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the B4404 in Abergynolwyn, Tywyn, involving two motorbikes.

"Officers attended, along with colleagues from the Welsh Ambulance Service and the Wales Air Ambulance, to divert traffic and clear the road.

"The road was closed from Tal y Llyn Lake to the village of Abergynolwyn whilst the incident was ongoing.

"A man was airlifted to Stoke hospital with serious injuries."