UPDATE: Woman seriously injured in crash. Click here to read the latest on this crash.

A CRASH has closed the A438 Hereford to Ledbury road at Tarrington.

A Herefordshire Council spokesperson said the road is expected to be closed for about four or five hours and asked motorists to find another route at present.

The road has been closed from the Hereford side of the Trumpet crossroads to the Stoke Edith crossroads, and drivers are being turned away by police.

Heavy traffic is building in surrounding areas, and one driver said they had met a two-and-a-half mile tailback as they were directed along the A417 towards Newtown Cross.

There are reports that the road from Yarkhill on the A4103 Hereford-Worcester road to the A438 is clogged with a lorry and cars in a ditch.

9.30pm UPDATE: Road has now re-opened.