A1231 junction closed after two-car crash

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) and Northumbria Police were called to the junction of Northern Way and the A1231 Wessington Way in Southwick earlier today, Thursday, November 19, following a collision between a silver Renault Clio and a silver VW.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “At 9.17am today we received a report of a two-vehicle collision on Wessington Way at the junction with Northern Way, Sunderland.

“Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. The road was temporarily closed to allow a clear-up operation to take place but has since reopened and both vehicles recovered.”

The fire service sent a crew from its Marley Park Community Fire station after it received a call at 9.15am.

A spokesperson for TWFRS said: “Everyone was already out of the vehicle when the firefighters arrived so our involvement was limited to making the vehicles safe.”

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