Person taken to hospital following Gateshead crash on A1
By Jason Button
Published 9th Sep 2025, 09:23 GMT
A person has been taken to hospital following a crash on the A1 in Gateshead.
The incident occurred just before 6am on Tuesday, September 9, with three vehicles involved according to the North East Ambulance Service.
A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service said: "We were called to a three vehicle road traffic incident on the A1 between Dunston and Metrocentre at 5.57 this morning.”
“We dispatched one vehicle from our Hazardous Area Response Team and a double crewed ambulance.
“One patient was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital."
The impacted stretch of road was closed between the junctions with the A184 and the A694 following the incident, but was reoped by 8:30am this morning.
The impated stretch of road is still congested according to the latest updates.