A woman in her 80’s was taken to hospital with serious injuries after an ambulance she was in crashed with a car on the A19 near Houghton-le-Spring late on Friday evening.

Emergency services were informed of the collision about half a mile north of the B1404 Seaton Lane junction, at around 8:55pm on April 14,

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A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "At about 8.55pm on Friday (April 14) officers received a report of a two-vehicle collision on the A19 northbound near Houghton-le-Spring, approximately half a mile north of the B1404 Seaton Lane junction.

"For reasons yet to be established, a red Seat car had been in collision with a North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) vehicle.

"A passenger from the NEAS vehicle, a woman in her 80s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries where she remains.

Now police are asking anybody who believes they witnessed the collision, or who were in the area, to get in touch.

Members of the public are asked to check any dashcam footage and contact police immediately if they see anything that may assist the ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police via the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of our website or by calling 101 quoting log NP-20230414-1136. Alternatively, you can email 2570@northumbria.police.uk.

Northumbria Police are now appealing for witnesses to the crash as they begin an investigation into the crash which occurred for reasons yet to be established.

The public are urged to check any dashcam footage and contact the Police quoting log NP-20230414-1136 with any information that would assist their investigation.