A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a horror crash in Gateshead.
Emergency services attended the scene following the crash which was found to have involved a car and a motorcycle on Haugh Lane in Blaydon. A man who was involved in the collision was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) with injuries that are thought to be serious but non-life threatening.
Haugh Lane was closed following the crash involving the two vehicles just after 7am on Friday. The road subsequently was reopened by 9am with police remaining at the scene in an attempt to safely control traffic through the scene between Newburn Bridge Road and Addison Industrial Estate.
