THREE people were injured in a head-on crash at 8.20am, yesterday.
A Mercedes travelling south on the A6076, between Sunniside, Gateshead, and Stanley, County Durham, was in collision with a Vauxhall Nova, travelling in the opposite direction.
A police spokesman said the driver of the Mercedes had been treated for whiplash.
The driver and passenger of the Vauxhall were released by emergency services. They suffered a cut leg and fractured sternum, respectively.
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