A689 Frosterley crash: Person taken to hospital
Emergency services were alerted to a one-vehicle collision between Stanhope[1] and Frosterley, in Weardale, at about 2.40pm. Police and the ambulance service attended. The driver was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital, while the passenger as unhurt.
A Durham[2] Police spokesperson said: “Police were called at 2.40pm today to reports of a one-vehicle collision on the A689 between Stanhope and Frosterley. “The passenger was uninjured however the driver has been taken to hospital.” Get all the best local stories from The Northern Echo for just GBP3 for 3 months in our new sale. Click here[3] for more info.
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 2.42pm this afternoon (Wednesday 6 December) to reports of a road traffic incident on the A689 in Bishop Auckland.
“We dispatched an ambulance crew and a rapid response paramedic to the scene.
One patient was taken to the University Hospital of North Durham for further treatment.”