A driver caught this shocking footage as two cars and a van are sent flying across a road

A driver caught this shocking footage as two cars and a van went sent flying across the road in front of him.

Mike Ashcroft, 47, recorded the footage on his dash cam when he was driving on the A470 in Brecon on Friday at around 9am.

The dash cam footage shows a car thrown across the road as it flips and lands on its roof while another car and a van appear to career over the edge of the road and down an embankment.

Mike recently moved from London to Ogmore Vale and said he is concerned about the dangers of roads like the A470 .

He said: "The footage is just shocking.

"I think it takes scenes like this for people to realise how dangerous it can be on that road. It may make people take notice - it's important to show people."

Grab from dashcam footage of a car accident on the A470 near Brecon Read More

The ambulance service confirmed that everyone involved in the accident was "walking wounded".

Mike said two women were in the car in front of him and he tried to help them out of the car. Because the car had flipped, he found them upside down in their seats.

"Luckily they had their seat belts on but they were still stuck in the seats," Mike said. "They said they were OK but they looked in shock."

Other drivers also stopped to help and emergency services were on the scene very quickly.

A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We received a call at 9.31am to a report of a three-vehicle accident with two persons trapped.

"Two ambulances and a rapid response vehicle attended. Persons trapped were freed quite quickly and the crew reported there were four walking wounded patients at the scene and they were taken to Prince Charles Hospital."

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