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Nicole Goodwin

Ambulance service launch investigation into response time to reach fatal Esh Winning collision

The pregnant wife of a 31-year-old man who died in a collision in County Durham has said the ambulance service failed him after taking almost an hour to arrive on the scene.

Aaron Morris sustained serious injuries when his motorcycle was involved in a crash on Priestburn Close in Esh Winning just after 12.30pm on Friday, July 1. Aaron was taken to University Hospital of North Durham but later died from his injuries.

His wife Samantha Morris, who is expecting twins, was one of the first people to arrive at the scene after the collision. She said she spent her final moments with her husband trying to make him comfortable while he waited for paramedics.

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