Crash on A1 near Alnwick sees two people taken to hospital
Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash near Alnwick.
At around 9:20am today (June 11), North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) were called to a collision involving two vehicles on the A1 southbound near Alnwick.
They dispatched two ambulance crews who treat two patients at the scene and took two to Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington.
A spokesperson for the NEAS said: "We were called to a road traffic incident on the A1 near Alnwick at 9.18am on 11 June. We dispatched two double crewed ambulances and a clinical team leader.
"Two patients were treated and discharged at the scene and two patients were taken to Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital."
A spokesperson for Northumbria Police added: “At 9.20am today (Thursday) we received a report of a two-vehicle collision on the A1 southbound at Alnwick in Northumberland.
“Emergency services attended and two people were taken to hospital as a precaution for treatment of injuries not believed to be serious.
“The vehicles involved were recovered from the carriageway a short time later and the road was then fully re-opened.”