Overview
- A two-vehicle crash between a car and a motorcycle closed the A69 near Haltwhistle and blocked the road between the B6322 and Tyne View Road.
- Emergency services were called at 12:46pm and two ambulance crews attended, with one patient taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary for further treatment.
- National Highways directed local diversions and reported that traffic inside the closure was released before the full reopening.
- The A69 was shut for roughly three hours and reopened shortly after 3:30pm, easing delays on the main route between Newcastle and Carlisle.
- Northumbria Police inquiries into the cause and full circumstances of the collision are ongoing and further updates have been requested from the force.