Emergency services have been called to serious medical incident outside a County Durham supermarket.
Police and ambulance crews were called to Middle Street in Blackhall Colliery, near the Co-op store, just before 4.30pm.
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A North East Ambulance spokesperson said: "We received a call at 4.30pm to reports of a medical incident outside the Co-op on Middle Street in Blackhall Mill.
"We sent a specialist paramedic, a clinical team leader and two emergency ambulance crews."
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