A MAN who was badly injured in a car crash last week has died.
Edward Sharp, 23, suffered critical injuries when his car collided with a pick-up truck.
He had been driving on Long Lane, between Todhills and Binchester, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, when the accident happened not far from his home, in Garden Street, in nearby Newfield.
He was airlifted to Newcastle General Hospital and underwent seven hours of emergency surgery, but died on Thursday evening.
An inquest is expected to be opened next week.
It is the second fatality in three months on the stretch of road between Binchester and Willington.
A 42-year-old man died on November 16 when his car left the road after skidding on a right-hand bend. The Ford Mondeo rolled over several times before coming to rest in a field.
There was another crash on the same stretch of road yesterday, at about 4pm.
A woman was freed from the wreckage by firefighters before being rushed to the University Hospital of North Durham.
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