A PERSON has died following a crash on the A470 earlier today.
Shortly after 1pm, police received a report of a two-vehicle crash on the A470 between Llanrwst and Betws-y-Coed involving a motorcycle and a silver Citroen Berlingo.
The emergency services attended, but despite their best efforts, the male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
His next of kin and the coroner have been informed.
Sergeant Jason Diamond is appealing for witnesses.
He said: “Sadly this is now being investigated as a fatal road traffic collision and our thoughts are with the man’s family at this very difficult time.
“We are urging anybody who may have witnessed the collision, or anybody who may have been travelling along the A470 in the vicinity of Betws-y-Coed and who may have dashcam footage to contact us.
“The road remains closed to allow the Forensic Collision Investigation Unit to carry out their initial investigation and we’d like to thank everyone for their patience.”
An INRIX traffic update added: "The A470 is closed both ways due to an accident between Lon Muriau and Zip World Forest.
"There is congestion to the A5 eastbound around Pont-y-Pair Bridge."
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