A VAN has overturned on a busy Herefordshire road this morning causing one lane to be closed.

It happened just after 6.30am on the northbound section of the A40 at Whitchurch between the B4164 and the Ganarew junction.

West Midlands Ambulance Service press officer, Suzie Fothergill, said two people had been taken to Hereford County Hospital for treatment after the van collided with the central reservation.

Traffic is said to be slow in the area.