M4: Driver taken to hospital after metal post hits car

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Image caption, The car was travelling eastbound on the M4 when the incident happened

A driver has been taken to hospital after a metal post smashed through their car windscreen on a motorway.

The incident happened between junctions 34 at Pencoed and 33 at Pontyclun on the eastbound carriageway of the M4, at about 06:20 GMT on Wednesday morning.

The Welsh Ambulance Service said one patient was taken to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.

South Wales Police said it was investigating the incident.

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Image caption, The driver was taken to hospital in nearby Llantrisant