One person was taken to hospital after a car crashed into four others and a wall.

It happened on Chester Road in Hartlepool at about 9pm on Monday (July 22) evening.

Police and paramedics were called where they found a car had hit four others before colliding with the wall of a property.

Police said no one is thought to have been seriously injured, although a man was taken to hospital for what are believed to be minor injuries.

A Cleveland Police spokesperson said: “We were called to a road traffic collision on Chester Road in Hartlepool at around 9pm on Monday July (22).

“It was reported that a vehicle collided with the wall of a property and four other vehicles. No one was thought to be seriously injured.”

A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service added: "We were called to a road traffic collision last night (22 July) on Chester Road, Hartlepool shortly after 9pm. We dispatched one ambulance crew and one patient was taken to University Hospital of North Tees."