A PERSON has died following a crash on a main road in Flintshire, police have confirmed.

The incident occurred on the A548 in Gronant in the early hours of Sunday morning, and involved a silver BMW.

Sergeant Emlyn Hughes, of the Roads Policing Unit, said: “One person has been taken to hospital and is in a critical condition and sadly the other person in the vehicle has died. A family liaison officer has been appointed.

“We are appealing to anybody who was in the area or may have witnessed the collision that occurred at approximately 4.54am to contact us.”

Witnesses or anybody with information or dash cam footage that could assist the investigation are asked to contact North Wales Police on 101 quoting incident number 22000263059.

The road was closed for about nine hours, reopening at about 2pm on Sunday after police conducted forensic collision investigation work at the scene.