A TEENAGE driver suffered multiple injuries when his car ploughed through a stone wall yesterday.

Emergency crews were called to Cowen Terrace, Rowlands Gill, on the A694 Consett to Gateshead road, at 4.10am.

They found the man trapped inside his Ford Escort after it left the road and crashed through the wall.

The first fire crew at arrive at the scene had to call for back-up and specialist equipment from stations in Newcastle and South Tyneside.

They stabilised the vehicle and cut off the roof to reach the driver, an unnamed 18-year-old man.

He was taken to Newcastle General Hospital, where his condition was described last night as stable.