A19 Sunderland: Woman dies in lorry and car crash

A woman has died following a crash between the car she was driving and a lorry.

The blue Vauxhall Mokka and a white goods vehicle crashed at about 11:30 GMT on Monday on the A19 northbound, near to the Nissan factory in Sunderland.

The driver of the Mokka, a woman in her 70s, was found to have sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead a short time later by paramedics.

A woman in her 40s who was a passenger in the car was taken to hospital for treatment but her injuries are not believed to be life threatening, Northumbria Police said.