Overview
- Emergency services were called to the collision shortly before 11am on March 7 on the A181 near Wheatley Hill.
- North East Ambulance Service sent a double-crewed ambulance, a rapid response paramedic and a clinical team leader.
- Two people were taken to the University Hospital of North Tees and two others were treated and discharged at the scene.
- On-scene images show a lorry being recovered from a grass verge as police managed traffic and recovery operations.
- Durham Police initially closed both directions between Wheatley Hill Service Station and the Salters Lane junction at Wingate, and later reports state the road has reopened with motorists still advised to avoid the area.