One person treated by paramedics after car overturns on A19

One person was treated by paramedics at the scene after a car overturned on the A19.
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The northbound carriageway was closed for more than an hour after the accident shortly after 5pm yesterday, Saturday, November 21, close to the junction with the A183 Chester Road.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said no other vehicles had been involved and the road had reopened shortly after 6.30pm.

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A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: “We were called at 5.14pm to a report of a road traffic collision on the A19, near South Hylton.

"We dispatched one resource from our Hazardous Area Rescue Team and treated one person at the scene.”

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