Woman taken to hospital after car overturns on A19 slip road near Sunderland

Officers were called to the A19 slip road for the A1231 Wessington Way at around 4.30am after a black Mini overturned.

Northumbria Police have said that the female driver was able to get out of the car and was taken to hospital with a suspected broken collar bone.

The road was closed for over an hour to allow for recovery and reopened just before 6am.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “We received a report of a one-vehicle collision on the A19 slip road for the A1231 Wessington Way at about 4.30am today (Thursday).

“Officers attended the scene where a black Mini had overturned.

“The female driver was able to get out of the car and was taken to hospital with a suspected broken collar bone.

“The road was closed to allow for recovery and has since reopened.”

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