A patient has been taken to hospital with a head injury following a serious double-decker bus crash in Easington Lane.
Emergency services scrambled to the A182 High Street outside Blenheim House at around 12.35pm on Wednesday. The road was closed in both directions between the junctions with Colliery Lane and Neil Street.
Traffic was brought to a standstill as motorists were asked to avoid the area until a diversion was put in place.
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Paramedics treated five people in total at the scene of the collision. One patient was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary with a head injury.
It is unclear at this time the severity of the injury. Meanwhile the four other patients were discharged at the scene.
A North East Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We received a call at 12:35 this afternoon to reports of a serious road traffic collision between a car and a bus outside Blenheim House on Easington Lane.
"We sent two emergency ambulances, a Hazardous Area Response Team and an officer. We treated and discharged four patients at the scene and took a further patient to the RVI with a head injury."
The A182 was closed for a number of hours to allow the recovery of the vehicles involved. The road reopened to traffic once again at around 5pm.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “Just before 1pm today (Wednesday) police were contacted by the ambulance service who were in attendance at the scene of a two vehicle collision, involving a car and a double decker bus on Easington Lane, near Smith's Terrace.
“Police and emergency services were in attendance and the A182 southbound was closed from four lane ends and a local diversion was put in place."
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