A man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a roadside barrier and overturned on the A1. The male, who was in his 40s, was behind the wheel of an Audi travelling on the northbound carriageway in County Durham on Saturday night.
The vehicle left the carriageway between Bowburn and Carrville, collided with a roadside barrier and overturned. Emergency services rushed to the area following the collision, which occurred shortly after 11.40pm.
Driver pronounced dead at the scene
The driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved.
Durham Constabulary said an investigation into the cause of the collision is underway and a file is being prepared for the coroner.
Road closures and emergency response
ChronicleLive previously reported how both carriageways of the A1 between junctions 60 and 61 were closed at around 12.15am on Sunday following the collision. They had reopened by 11.30am.
A North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) spokesperson said: "We received a call at 11.42pm on Saturday 11 October to reports of a road traffic incident on the A1 northbound near junction 61 in Bradbury, County Durham. We dispatched two ambulance crews, a specialist paramedic, a duty officer, and a crew from our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) to the scene."
