Pedestrian in hospital after crash on A690 Carville, Durham

Emergency services were called to the A690 near Carville on Tuesday (January 30), at about 9pm following reports of a road traffic collision. 

After attending the scene, the road was closed for several hours to allow the police and ambulance service to work at the scene. 

Drivers on the stretch of road were diverted around the crash scene for three hours, with police saying at the time of the incident that the road would be closed 'for some time'.

The road eventually opened at about 11.45pm the same evening, with police officers seen lifting a cordon. 

Durham Police have since confirmed that the man, who was in his 40s, was taken to Newcastle RVI for treatment following the crash. 

A spokesperson for the police force said: "Police were called shortly after 9pm on Tuesday (January 30) to reports of a collision involving a pedestrian on the A690, near Carville.

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"The pedestrian, a man in his 40s was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle for treatment."

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: "We were called to a road traffic collision on Tuesday (30 January) shortly after 9pm on the A690, in County Durham.

"We dispatched three ambulance crews, one doctor, one clinical team leader and two HART crews (Hazardous Area Response Team). One patient was taken to Newcastle RVI hospital."