Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Chronicle Live
Chronicle Live
National
Sophie Doughty

Driver escapes with minor injuries after becoming trapped in overturned car in Blyth

A driver has escaped with minor injuries after the car he was in dramatically overturned.

Emergency services were called to Cowpen Road in Blyth, Northumberland, at around 9.40am on Sunday morning.

Police say one man, thought to be the driver, was initially trapped in the black car while a passenger had managed to free themselves.

Read more: "I can't forget it" - Fenham shop keeper says he is haunted by terrifying machete attack

No-one was seriously injured.

And a North East Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called to reports of a road traffic collision in Cowpen Road, Blyth, at 9.40am this morning.

"We dispatched one ambulance crew, a clinical team leader and a specialist paramedic, and transported one patient to hospital with minor injuries."

The road was closed until around 10.50am to allow the damaged car to be uplifted and taken away.

Read next:

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.