A person has been taken to hospital following a crash on a North East road this afternoon.

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) have confirmed they were called to a reported crash on the A19 in Hartlepool at 4:40pm on Friday (July 26).

They also confirmed they deployed one ambulance crew to the scene.

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They said they took one person to hospital after arriving.

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to reports of a road traffic collision on the A19 in Hartlepool at 4.40pm this afternoon (26 July).

"We dispatched one ambulance crew, who transported one patient to North Tees Hospital."