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Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called to the A690 near West Rainton just after 2.30pm on Tuesday (April 21).
The man struck a road sign after suffering a medical episode at the wheel, police said.
He was assessed by paramedics an…
Reece Roberts, of Sunderland, ploughed into Diane Jones as she crossed and road then left the scene
13:31, 17 Mar 2026
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Reece Roberts has admitted causing death by dangerous driving(Image: Northumbria Police)
A banned and uninsured killer…
Diane Jones, 59, passed away at the scene after being involved in a collision with a black Volvo XC90 in Sunderland
17:52, 21 Feb 2026Updated 18:01, 21 Feb 2026
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Diane Jones, 59, died after being struck by a car in Sunderland(Image: Famil…
Diane Jones died after being struck by a Volvo XC90 on Saturday night
16:17, 17 Feb 2026
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Diane Jones, 59, died after being struck by a car in Sunderland(Image: Family Handout)
A woman who died in a “hit and run” in Sunderland has been named…
Reece Roberts, 27, of Florida Street in Pallion, Sunderland, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, causing death whilst uninsured, causing death whilst disqualified and aggravated vehicle taking, following the incident on the A690 D…
Michael Casey was driving his van home to Crook, County Durham when he veered into the path of a lorry on the A690 near Brancepeth on July 1. The road was closed for hours after the crash[1] at 11.15am.
His Nissan Cabstar suffered “catastrophic” damage…
A pedestrian was killed when he was hit by two cars on the A19 near Sunderland, police have said.The man in his 60s was walking along the southbound carriageway below the overpass for the A1893 at about 22:10 GMT on Saturday when he was struck by a whi…
Emergency services were called to the A19 near Sunderland at around 10.20pm on Saturday night, December 20
12:46, 21 Dec 2025
Police and collision investigation unit at a crash on the A19 near Chester road A183 and closed in both directions(Image: Ch…
A woman in her 80s was seriously injured and the dog she was walking died when they were struck by a car.They were near the junction of Meadowside and the A690 in Sunderland when the crash happened just after 09:15 BST on Thursday.The woman remains in …
The A1(M) at junction 61 at Bowburn is officially the county’s speeding hotspot and a camera has caught 4,896 speeding motorists in 12 months, it can be revealed.
According to data put together by Legal Expert, the motorway topped the list of the …