A patient has been taken to hospital following a road traffic incident on the A1(M) in County Durham. The northbound carriageway was partially blocked for several hours, causing severe delays.
Incident details
The incident, initially reported as an obstruction, occurred near Bowburn and Sherburn House at around 6pm on Thursday evening. Emergency services, including police and the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), attended the scene.
Following the incident, the northbound carriageway was partially blocked between J61 A688, Tursdale Road, Bowburn, and J62 A690, Carrville. Traffic alerts reported very slow traffic and severe delays, with tailbacks of nearly 20 minutes. The road cleared at around 8pm.
Response and hospitalisation
A NEAS spokesperson said: "We were called shortly after 6.15pm on 29 October to a road traffic incident on the A1 near Sherburn House." The spokesperson added: "We dispatched a double crewed ambulance and one patient was taken to University Hospital of North Durham."
ChronicleLive has contacted Durham Constabulary for comment.
