Man seriously hurt in A1 bridge crash
CAR FOUND ON ITS ROOF WITH DRIVER INSIDE
A DRIVER has sustained lifethreatening injuries as a result of an horrific crash on a footbridge above the A1 in Gateshead.
Emergency crews attended the scene of the huge crash on Lobley Hill footbridge of the roundabout above the A1 from 4am yesterday.
A car was found on its roof in the incident and a man was left trapped in the vehicle.
The driver of the car was taken to hospital with injuries which are thought to be life-threatening.
The Lobley Hill interchange as well as a stretch of the A1 between Coalhouse Roundabout and Dunston was closed for around five hours while officers from Northumbria Police assessed the scene. Diversions were also put in place on Lobley Hill Road which caused delays for drivers.
A Northumbria Police spokeswoman
said: “Shortly after 4am today (Saturday), we received a report of an overturned vehicle on the Lobley Hill footbridge of the roundabout above the A1.
“Emergency services attended
and the male driver was taken to hospital with injuries believed to be life-threatening.
“The A1 was temporarily closed to accommodate emergency services but has since reopened.”
A North East Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We received a call to 999 at 04.49am this morning to a road traffic collision at Lobley Hill roundabout in Gateshead near the A1, in which a car was reported to have rolled over with a person trapped.
“We sent a specialist paramedic, a Hazardous Area Response Team and an emergency ambulance to the scene and transported a male patient to the RVI in a critical condition.”
The A1 reopened to drivers again at around 9am, five hours after the crash occurred.