Cleveland Police has put out an update about an incident that saw a woman in her 70s rushed to hospital after she was hit by an Arriva bus on Thursday (July 28) morning.
Emergency services from the police force joined colleagues from the North East Ambulance Service and Great North Air Ambulance on Parkfield Road in Stockton at around 10am following reports of a crash involving a bus and a pedestrian.
To allow emergency vehicles to work and paramedics to treat the woman, officers from Cleveland Police closed a section of Parkfield Road and the A1305 to other motorists for over four hours.
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Specialist crime scene investigators could also be seen at the incident several hours after the crash took place.
The road was eventually opened at around 2.20pm.
After initial treatment at the scene, the casualty was taken to James Cook Hospital via road ambulance – with emergency services keeping the condition of the woman as ‘unknown’.
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: “Police were called to a report of a collision around 10.10am this morning on Bridge Road, Stockton.
“A woman aged in her seventies has been taken to James Cook University Hospital.”
A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service added: “We received a call at 10.02am this morning to reports of a road traffic incident involving a pedestrian and a bus on the A1305 junction with Bridge Road, Stockton-on-Tees.
“We dispatched two specialist paramedics and requested support from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS).
“One patient was taken by road to The James Cook University Hospital for further treatment."
Twenty-four hours after the collision in Stockton, Cleveland Police has issued a brief update about the condition of the woman – telling The Northern Echo that “the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.”
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- Stockton crash: First images of scene after woman 'hit' by Arriva bus
- Stockton crash: Specialist officers at scene after woman rushed to hospital
- Stockton road reopens hours after Arriva bus hit woman in her 70s
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