ACCIDENT: Emergency services work to free a driver after a collision on Burtree Lane, in Darlington. Picture: County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service
A PERSON has been cut free from their car after a collision in Darlington on Tuesday morning.
Burtree Lane was closed both ways after the collision involving two vehicles between the A68 West Auckland Road and Whessoe Road.
The scene on Burtree Lane following the collision on Tuesday morning. Picture: County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service
Firefighters from Darlington and Bishop Auckland joined police and ambulance crews at the scene and used cutting equipment to free one person from their car.
The road was closed for several hours but has now been reopened.
A number of road traffic collisions in & around Darlington today, roads are icy particularly those in rural areas, please drive carefully
— Durham Constabulary (@DurhamPolice) February 14, 2017
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