One person was been rushed to hospital following a three-vehicle smash on the A19.
Reports came in just after 11am on Wednesday that a person was trapped inside a vehicle on the southbound stretch of road near Murton, County Durham, but they were later able to free themselves from the wreckage.
Paramedics and police officers arrived at the crash site moments later while queues of two miles stretched up to Seaton Lane causing huge delays into the early afternoon.
