A man has died following a collision between a van and a tree in County Durham.
Emergency services were called to the scene at around 2am on Friday after an LDV van collided with a tree on Woodland Road, near the junction with West Crescent in Darlington.
Emergency services attended but sadly the driver, a man in his 40s, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.
No other vehicles involved
Durham Constabulary say no other vehicles were involved in the collision.
The road was closed while investigators worked at the scene, but it has since reopened.
Appeal for witnesses
Police are asking anybody who witnessed the collision, or who has dashcam footage of the van, to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit via sciu@durham.police.uk quoting incident number 28 of November 6.
