EMERGENCY services were called to a single car accident on Elstob Lane, north of Great Stainton, near Darlington on Wednesday.

Ambulance and police helped the driver of the Volkswagen Fox after the incident around 3pm.

The driver, a 21-year-old man, was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.

He had suffered head, chest and pelvic injuries and a Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) spokesman described his condition as serious but stable.

The road was closed in both directions between the Lodge Lane junction and the Elstob junction for a time, but was reopened around 4.25pm.

GNAAS said the vehicle rolled four times after going out of control.