Yahoo News Passenger taken to hospital after early morning crash involving two vehicles at Testo's roundabout
A passenger has been taken to hospital following a crash at Testo's roundabout.
Police were received a report of a two-vehicle collision at the roundabout in South Tyneside, where the A184 meets the A19, at around 5.30am on Monday.
They were told that one vehicle had collided with another vehicle and a set of traffic lights.
A female passenger of one of the vehicles was taken to South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields for treatment. She sustained injures not believed to be life-threatening.
One lane of Testo's roundabout was closed for more than two hours while police and paramedics dealt with the incident and there was slow traffic in the area. The road has now been reopened.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "At around 5.30am today (Monday), we received a report of a two-vehicle collision on the A184 Testo’s Roundabout. It was reported a vehicle collided with another vehicle and a set of traffic lights.
"Emergency services attended and a female passenger of one of the vehicles was taken to hospital for treatment of injures not believed to be life-threatening. The road is now fully re-open to traffic."
A North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) spokesperson added: "We were called to reports of a road traffic collision at the junction of the A19 and A184 in East Boldon shortly before 5.45am this morning (1 July).
"We dispatched one ambulance crew, who assessed three patients on scene and transported one of those patients to South Tyneside Hospital for further treatment."
