UPDATE: Congestion easing on A19 after broken down vehicle causes delays
Police have been dealing with an accident which closed one lane of the northbound A19.
A two-vehicle collision shut lane two of the dual carriageway between the A690 at East Herrington and the A183 at Pennywell.
Highways England tweeted: “The earlier broken down vehicle on the #A19 N/B at the jcn with the A690 nr #Sunderland has been recovered and congestion is easing.”