Eight individuals had been left injured, seven of whom had been taken to hospital, following a horror head-on collision in Northumberland. The crash occurred close to Purdey Lodge on Saturday, February 21. The incident pressured the closure for a number of hours of a stretch of the A1, between B1340 (Denwick) and the A1167 (Berwick Upon Tweed).
Among the seven individuals rushed to hospital, two sustained severe head and leg accidents, North East Ambulance Service, which attended the scene, mentioned. A spokesperson for the service mentioned: “We attended a head-on road traffic collision between two vehicles on the A1 between Alnwick and Belford in Northumberland yesterday (21 Feb).”
The service was first alerted to the incident at roughly 7.30pm. The spokesperson added, as reported by Chronicle Live: “After receiving the first call at 7.30pm we dispatched four ambulance crews, a specialist paramedic, a clinical team leader and one Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) crew.
“We handled eight sufferers in complete; two with severe accidents to move and leg and an extra six with minor accidents.
“Seven patients were taken to the Northumbria Hospital in Cramlington and one to RVI in Newcastle.”
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Northumbria Police additionally attended the scene, because the street remained closed for a number of hours, till Sunday morning.
National Highways deployed sources to help with visitors administration.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2174031/A1-crash-Northumberland