NINE people have been injured after a three-car crash on the Quantock Hills.
Emergency services were called to the A39 between Kilve and West Quanktoxhead at around 2pm.
The road was then closed in both directions.
The A39 at West Quantoxhead is CLOSED following an RTC, the road will be closed for the foreseeable. Please find an alternative route 👮🏼♀️
— ASPolice West Somerset (@ASPWSomerset) 22 October 2018
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Three were transported from the scene by air ambulance, while three others were taken to Musgrove Park Hospital by road ambulance.
A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service, said: "We were called just before 2pm about a road traffic incident on the A39 in the area of Kilve, Bridgwater.
"We sent the following resources to attend the incident: three ambulances, an operations officer, three air ambulances, a rapid response vehicle and a doctor.
"There were nine reported casualties.
"Six patients have been conveyed to hospital: three by road ambulance to Musgrove Park; one by air ambulance to Musgrove Park; one by air ambulance to Bristol Children’s Hospital; one by air ambulance to Southmead."
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