Two people are fighting for their lives after a crash on the A1 in the North East yesterday. 

Police are appealing for information after the two-vehicle collision in Northumberland at about 6.10pm. 

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "Officers investigating a traffic collision on the A1 in Northumberland which has left two people with life-threatening injuries have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

"Police received a report at about 6.10pm yesterday (Thursday) of a two-vehicle collision on the southbound carriageway less than a mile south of the Scottish border in the Berwick-upon-Tweed area, near to Folly House Farm in the Berwick-upon-Tweed area.

"It was reported that a brown Ford Mondeo had been travelling southbound when, for reasons yet to be established, it collided with a black Vauxhall Astra which was emerging from a junction.

"Emergency services attended the scene and the occupants of the Vauxhall Astra, a man and a woman both aged in their 70s, were taken to hospital having sustained life-threatening injuries."

Both people remain remain in a critical condition in hospital.

The driver of the Ford Mondeo, a woman aged in her 80s, was treated at the scene for serious but non life-threatening injuries.

The road was closed following the collision but has since been reopened to traffic.

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The Force's Motor Patrols Team has launched an investigation to determine the full circumstances surrounding the collision, and are now appealing to the public for information.

Officers are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the collision or who may have evidence such as dash-cam footage.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police using the report tool on the Northumbria Police website, or call 101, quoting log number NP-20231207-0814.