Witness appeal after a serious crash with an ambulance near Houghton
An elderly woman was a passenger in the vehicle which collided with a car
Officers investigating a serious collision that left an elderly woman hospitalised have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
At about 8.55pm on Friday (April 14) officers received a report of a two-vehicle collision on the A19 northbound near Houghton-le-Spring, approximately half a mile north of the B1404 Seaton Lane junction.
For reasons yet to be established, a red Seat car had been in collision with a North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) vehicle.
A passenger from the NEAS vehicle, a woman in her 80s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries where she remains.
Now police are asking anybody who believes they witnessed the collision, or who were in the area, to get in touch.
Members of the public are asked to check any dashcam footage and contact police immediately if they see anything that may assist the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police via the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of the police website or by calling 101 quoting log NP-20230414-1136.
Alternatively, you can email 2570@northumbria.police.uk.
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