Police on scene of incident in Derwent Street, Sunderland city centre

A police cordon is in place.

Officers from Northumbria Police are dealing with an ongoing incident in Sunderland city centre.

A police cordon is in place in Derwent Street and motorists and pedestrians are advised to avoid that street when travelling through the area this morning, Wednesday, June 3.

As of 11.30am, the cordon was still in place with an overturned car on one side of the pavement.

Police confirmed they received a report of a collision just after 11am today, with one of the cars overturning following the collision.

Emergency services are in attendance, but no one is reported to have been seriously injured.

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