Police begin probe after fatal crash

AN investigation has been launched after a man died following a collision in Gateshead.

The 23-year-old man was found trapped inside a white Renault Megane on a bridge at the Lobley Hill roundabout above the A1 shortly after 4am on Saturday.

The driver was freed from the car and taken to hospital but has since died.

An investigation has been launched and police are appealing for witnesses, especially anyone who might have dashcam footage, to come forward.

PC Marc Lennox, from Northumbria Police’s Motor Patrols department, said: “This is an incredibly tragic incident and our thoughts go out to the man’s family and friends at this time.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police by using the ‘Tell Us Something’ page on their website, or calling 101 quoting log NP-20220507-0142.