Fence Houses crash: Man in hospital after collision in Cedar Terrace
Emergency services were alerted to the collision on Cedar Terrace, in Fence Houses, near Houghton-le-Spring[1], at about 8.45pm. A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "It was reported that a yellow Ford Focus emerged from nearby Avenue Vivian and, for reasons yet to be established, collided with a silver Citroen Xsara Picasso on Cedar Terrace. "The occupants of the Focus left the scene before emergency services attended.
"The driver of the Picasso, a man aged in his 50s, was taken to hospital with a serious head injury. "He remains in hospital in a stable condition." A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service said: "We were called to a road traffic collision last night (15 January) at 20:43pm at Fence Houses in Houghton-Le-Spring.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew, one clinical team leader, one doctor and two HART crews (Hazardous Area Response Team). One patient was taken to Sunderland Royal Hospital." Most read:
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Officers are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the collision or may have evidence such as dash-cam footage or CCTV.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police via the 'Report' page of the Northumbria Police website or by calling 101 quoting log number NP-20240115-0977.
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