A three-car crash shut a busy Romford road near The Liberty for hours today.

Western Road was closed both ways between Mercury Gardens and Grimshaw Way, with heavy traffic in the town centre.

Emergency services were called from 10.17am.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "Those involved were not injured. Officers attended to assist with traffic management."

However according to the London Ambulance Service, one person was still taken to hospital.

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A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 10.36am this morning (November 26) to reports of an incident in Western Road, Romford.

"We sent an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and members of our Hazardous Area Response Unit to the scene.

"We took one person to hospital."

There were 20 bus routes affected by the closure, as they were diverted from the area.