Person taken to hospital after two A19 road traffic collisions within two hours
A person has been taken to hospital following two collisions on the A19 on the same day.
A collision happened on the northbound carriageway of the A19 between the A690 and A183 turnoff.
A North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) spokesperson said: “We were called to a road traffic incident on the A19 northbound at Sunderland, at 5.23pm on 31 March.
“We dispatched one vehicle from our Hazardous Area Response Team and a double crewed ambulance. One patient was taken to Sunderland Royal Hospital."
Earlier the same day on the southbound carriageway of the same stretch of road, the emergency services attended another road traffic collision.
An NEAS spokesperson said: “We were called to a road traffic incident on the A19 southbound at Sunderland at 3.55pm on 31 March. We dispatched a clinical team leader, but no one required treatment."