Woman, 24, taken to hospital with head injury after car collides with lorry on A19
A 24-year-old woman has been taken to hospital with a head injury following a crash on the A19.
Emergency services were called to the major route after a car collided with a lorry at 5.20pm on Friday, April 24.[1]
The road was closed between the A67 Crathorne turnoff, near Yarm, and the Parkway Interchange, which connects the A19 to the A174 in Middlesbrough.
The woman was travelling northbound, in a blue VW Golf, when she collided with a white lorry. Advertisement Advertisement
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A Cleveland Police spokesperson said: "A 24-year-old woman was taken to James Cook University Hospital with a head injury."
A picture from the scene shows traffic being diverted through Yarm off the A19, with cars also being reversed backwards on the northbound side.
Further images seen by The Northern Echo shows several 999 vehicles on the road beside a HGV, which is partly off the carriageway.