A TEENAGE girl is in a critical condition after being airlifted to hospital following a car crash near the Radnor Forest bends.

The 16-year-old had been a passenger in a blue Peugeot 205 which left the A44 and collided with a tree. Police said no other vehicles were involved in the 5.20pm crash on Wednesday, October 26.

A helicopter from RAF Valley in Anglesey airlifted the teenager to Cardiff's Heath Hospital where her condition is described as critical.

The 19-year-old female driver was taken by ambulance to Hereford's County Hospital and treated for head injuries. Both teenagers are from Herefordshire.

The A44 was closed between the Forest Inn junction and Llandegley until 11.41 on Wednesday night.

Anyone with information that may help the police investigation is asked to contact Dyfed Powys Police on 101 and leave a message for PS 259 Westlake of the Mid Wales Roads Policing Unit.