THE busy A688 between Tursdale and Bowburn was closed while the emergency services deal with an accident.

Police, ambulances and paramedics were called at around 3pm on Thursday which involved a Citroen C4, a Citroen C2 and Peugeot Boxer van.

The road was closed and traffic in both directions between the ‪‎A1M‬ ‪‎J61 at Bowburn‬ and the ‪‎A177‬ junction was moving very slowly because of the accident.

The Northern Echo:

It is believed the people involved suffered only minor injuries.

The North East Air Ambulance landed at the site.