Police closed off a stretch of the A690 in County Durham on Wednesday (August 28) afternoon following a two-car crash.

Emergency services were called to the A-road between Belmont and Rainton Gate at around 1pm, following reports of a collision.

Police officers and paramedics were seen on the A690, with Durham Police and the North East Ambulance Service confirming that no one required hospital treatment following the incident.

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A spokesperson for the police force said: "Police were called shortly after 1pm today (August 28) to reports of a two-vehicle collision on the A690 between Belmont and Rainton Gate.

"Nobody is believed to be seriously injured."

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: "We were called just after 1pm this afternoon to a two vehicle road traffic collision on the A690, Durham. We dispatched a double crewed ambulance, but no one required treatment.