One person taken to hospital after crash on A19
One person has been taken to hospital following a crash which partially closed the A19.
Durham Police said the southbound carriageway was closed near Easington services due to the collision at around 3:30pm.
Emergency services, including a helicopter, attended the incident with the road closed for several hours before reopening shortly after 7pm.
A statement from the North East Ambulance Service said: "We were called to a one-vehicle road traffic collision on the A19 near Easington just after 3:30pm this afternoon.
"We dispatched a double-crewed ambulance, a clinical team leader and one vehicle from our Hazardous Area Response Team.
"One patient was taken to James Cook Hospital."
A County Durham and Darlington fire service spokesperson said "At 3:35pm today (25 July 2023) two fire engines from Peterlee fire station attended a road traffic collision involving one vehicle on the A19 Southbound close to Easington Services.
"Our crews made the vehicle safe before leaving the scene just before 4:45pm."
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