Great North Air Ambulance airlift patient after Northumberland crash on A698
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has airlifted a patient to hospital following a crash in North Northumberland.
GNAAS was activated to 15 incidents over the weekend including one in Northumberland, nine in the North East, four in Cumbria and one in Yorkshire.
On Sunday, April 26, the team responded to reports of a collision on the A698 near Duddo. The patient was assessed and treated before being airlifted to hospital.
A spokesperson for the GNAAS said: “On Sunday our critical care team was activated at 1:26pm to reports of a road traffic collision on the A698 near Duddo.
"We had two paramedics on board our aircraft and they arrived on scene at 1.53pm.
"Our team worked alongside the North East Ambulance Service to assess and treat a patient and airlifted them to hospital.”