Police give update on driver injured in Sunderland crash

Emergency services, including the Great North Air Ambulance, were called to the junction of Tunstall Road and Leechmere Road, just after 3.30pm yesterday, Monday, October 19, after reports of a collision involving a Renault Megane.

The driver, a 76-year-old man, received CPR before being taken to hospital, where his condition today is described as ‘critical but stable’.

Northumbria Police have appealed for witnesses and particularly anybody who has dashcam footage of the incident to contact them.

A force statement said: “The car in question was spotted travelling south east along Essen Way when it drove on to the roundabout and collided with street furniture before coming to a halt.

“It was then seen leaving the roundabout before coming to a halt in a near-by garden.”

Witnesses are urged to contact the force by calling 101, quoting log 611 191020.

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