Biker taken to hospital after crash involving a taxi in Gateshead
A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital following a collision with a taxi in Gateshead.
Emergency services were called to Old Durham Road, in Deckham, shortly after 8am on Wednesday morning following reports that a taxi and a motorbike had crashed at the junction with Cramer Street.
Northumbria Police[1] attended the scene alongside an ambulance crew and a specialist paramedic from the North East Ambulance Service[2] and the motorcyclist was taken to Gateshead’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital[3] with injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Shortly after 8am today, we received a report of a two-vehicle collision on Old Durham Road at the junction with Cramer Street in the Deckham area of Gateshead[4].
“Emergency services are currently in attendance and one person has sustained injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.”
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 8.09am this morning (Wednesday 15 November) to reports of a road traffic incident on the B1296 junction with Cramer Street in Gateshead. We dispatched an ambulance crew and a specialist paramedic, and transported one patient the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further treatment.”
References
- ^ Northumbria Police (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)
- ^ North East Ambulance Service (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)
- ^ Queen Elizabeth Hospital (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)
- ^ Gateshead (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)