Great North Air Ambulance airlifts casualty to hospital after Hartlepool crash

A casualty has been airlifted to hospital after reports of a crash in Hartlepool earlier this morning. Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276

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The incident happened just before 9am on Monday, December 11, on West View Road. The Great North Air Ambulance[2] Service arrived at the scene shortly after 9am and airlifted one casualty to hospital in just eight minutes.

A spokesperson for the Great North Air Ambulance said: "We were called at 8.58am to reports of a road traffic collision in Hartlepool[3].

Great North Air Ambulance takes one casualty to hospital after a road traffic collision.

"We arrived at the scene at 9.07am. "A doctor and paramedic were on board the aircraft to assess and treat the patient and airlift them to hospital." A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service[4] said: "We dispatched a double crewed ambulance and requested support from our colleagues at the Great North Air Ambulance.

"One patient was taken by air to James Cook Hospital."

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2. ^ Great North Air Ambulance (www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk)
3. ^ Hartlepool (www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk)
4. ^ North East Ambulance Service (www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk)