A man has been taken to hospital following a crash on a County Durham road earlier today (July 12).

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has confirmed one man has been taken to hospital following a crash on the A1 near Nunstainton, Bradbury.

They added they deployed one ambulance crew to the scene.

A NEAS spokesperson said: "We were called to a road traffic collision today (12 July) at 13:36 on A1 near Nunstainton, Bradbury.

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"We dispatched one ambulance crew and one patient was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital."

A Durham Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at 1.40pm today to a one-vehicle collision in which a car collided with the central reservation on the A1(M) near the Newton Aycliffe junction.

"The male driver and sole occupant of the car was taken to hospital by paramedics."