A man has died at the wheel after having a 'medical incident' in his car on the sliproad of a major County Durham A-road.
Emergency crews attended the scene of a one-vehicle crash on the A19 northbound slip road near Little Thorpe just before 12.05pm yesterday (November 2), with police officers closing off sections of the A-road to allow paramedics to work.
On Thursday (November 3), Durham Police confirmed that a man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesman for the force said: "A man has sadly died following a collision on the A19 yesterday.
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"Police were called just after 12.05pm yesterday to a one-vehicle collision involving a Kia Sportage on the northbound slip road near Little Thorpe.
"Specialist paramedics also attended, but tragically the driver – a man in his sixties - was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The man is believed to have suffered a medical episode while driving."
Alongside Durham Police, the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) dispatched two specialist paramedic teams and an ambulance crew were called to the scene.
A NEAS spokesperson added: "We received a call at 12.19pm this afternoon to reports of an incident on the A19 near Easington, Peterlee. We dispatched one ambulance crew and two specialist paramedics."
Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service also confirmed crews attended the scene - but left one hour after receiving the callout.
Road workers from Traffic England worked throughout Wednesday afternoon to clear the area on the A19.
The sliproad re-opened at around 5.25pm on Wednesday (November 2).
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