A woman was left injured after crashing into a tree on a North East road this weekend.

A woman in her 60s suffered minor injuries after a vehicle she was driving collided with a tree on Junction Road in Stockton.

The incident occurred at around 2:30pm on Sunday (October 22).

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A Cleveland Police spokesperson said colleagues from the North East Ambulance Service attended the scene.

They said: "A woman aged in her sixties suffered minor injuries after a vehicle she was driving collided with a tree on Junction Road, Stockton, around 2:30pm on Sunday 22nd October.

"Ambulance service colleagues alerted police to the incident.

"Fortunately there were not believed to be any serious injuries to the driver and no other vehicles were involved."