A man has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a bungalow in Sunderland.
A silver Nissan Qashqai smashed through the wall and window of a home on Camberley Close, Tunstall, at around 1pm on Saturday, December 10.
Police have confirmed that a 67-year-old man in the car had become unwell just before the collision and he was later taken to hospital for treatment. No one inside the house was injured.
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Firefighters from Farringdon were also in attendance and the crash appears to have caused significant damage to the property.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “At around 1.12pm today police received a report of a collision on Camberley Close, Sunderland.
“Emergency services attended the scene where it was established a car had collided with a house.
“It is believed the occupant of the vehicle, a 67-year-old man had fallen unwell in the moments prior to the collision. He was taken to hospital for treatment and nobody in the house was injured.”
The North East Ambulance Service confirmed that one person was taken to Sunderland Royal Hospital by ambulance.
An ambulance service spokesman said: "We received a call at 1.07pm to attend an incident where a car had collided with a house. We dispatched a paramedic ambulance and a clinical team leader and took one patient to Sunderland Royal Hospital."
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