Three people taken to hospital after car overturns on A1 near Alnwick

Emergency services were called to reports of a collision on the A1 near Alnwick.

Emergency services were called to the A1 northbound at Deanmoor at 9.02am this morning following reports of a collision where a car had turned on its side.

Three patients have been taken to Northumbria Emergency Care hospital after one person was trapped in the overturned vehicle.

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 9.02am this morning to reports a car had overturned on the A1.

"We dispatched two paramedic crews who treated three patients on scene before being taken to Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

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"One patient was trapped inside the overturned vehicle.”

Northumbria Police have now reopened the road after the road was partially blocked northbound.

In a tweet a Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “A1 at Deanmoor in Alnwick now fully open. Thank you.”

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