A motorist was taken to hospital after his car hit a lamppost this morning.
The County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service was called to Pit House Lane, near the Three Horse Shoes pub, in Leamside, near Durham City, just after 8am.
One vehicle was involved in the accident.
The unnamed man was taken by ambulance to the University Hospital of North Durham.
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