Five hurt in crash
10-YEAR-OLD AMONG THE INJURED
A 10-year-old was among five people injured after a car overturned near the Redheugh Bridge in Gateshead.
Four adults were taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle along with the child following the serious incident on the A184 heading into the city yesterday evening.
The bridge was closed to motorists for more than three-and-a-half hours while police cleared the scene and carried out investigations. Queuing northbound traffic stretched back towards the A1 while in Newcastle buses and drivers faced diversions.
Police and fire crews were called along with five ambulances, a Hazardous Area Response Team, a trauma paramedic, a cardiac arrest paramedic and a support unit from the Great North Air Ambulance.
A North East Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed all patients were transferred to hospital in a road ambulance.
She said: “We got the call from an offduty paramedic shortly after the incident at 6.01pm this evening.
“There appears to have been a vehicle that has rolled off and there are several injuries.
“The most serious is a 10-year-old who has head and arm injuries and suspected abdominal injuries.
“There is another adult with head injuries and a second adult with arm injuries.
“There are also two other adults who we describe as walking wounded.”