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One taken to hospital after fleet of 999 crews race to crash scene which shut major road
One person has been taken to hospital after a crash closed a busy stretch of road.
A fleet of 999 crews were called to Seal Sands Link Road in Billingham on Tuesday morning following a two car collision. The incident happened just before 9.30am, forcing police to close the A1185 and motorists to take alternative routes.
An air ambulance was spotted landing near the scene alongside road ambulances and two fire engines. One casualty was taken to James Cook University Hospital via road ambulance following the collision.
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Drivers were being asked to avoid the area as Cleveland Police taped off entry to the road in both directions, with a police vehicle and cones blocking access. Fire crews from Stockton and Hartlepool attended the incident where firefighters assisted paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS).
Residents in the area were shocked by the huge emergency response, with one saying that there was “always accidents on the link road”. Another said that they heard sirens and saw a “loads of vehicles with sirens flying down”.
One resident, who has lived in the area for over 40 years, said: “I just saw it as I came out to take the dogs for a walk. There was always accidents on that road but I haven’t heard anything happen for donkeys.”
A spokesperson for NEAS said: “We were called at a road traffic collision on the A1185, Seal Sands Link Road, at 9.20 this morning. We dispatched a double crewed ambulance, a clinical team leader and requested support from the Great North Air Ambulance. One patient was taken to James Cook Hospital.”
A Great North Air Ambulance spokesperson said: “Our critical care team was activated at 9.27am to reports of a road traffic collision in Billingham. We had a paramedic and doctor on board our aircraft and they arrived on scene at 9.32am.
“Our team assessed and treated a patient, and they were taken to hospital by a North East Ambulance Service road crew, accompanied by our team.”
One resident said: “I just heard the sirens and saw the helicopter going over. All the wagons and trucks were being diverted up the [red] road so I knew something was going on.”
A spokesperson for Cleveland Fire Brigade said: “We were called on 14/06/2023 at 09.23 to a two vehicle RTC on Seaton Carew Road in Port Clarence. Two fire engines in attendance from Stockton and Hartlepool. Crews assisted NEAS with casualty. We left the scene at 10.09.”
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