Motorbike rider taken to hospital after crash with car in village near Darlington

A motorbike rider has been taken to hospital after a crash on the outskirts of Hurworth-on-Tees, near Darlington.

Roundhill Road, between Hurworth-on-Tees and Hurworth Moor <i>(Image: GOOGLE)</i>

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A motorbike rider has been taken to hospital after a crash on the outskirts of a village near Darlington.

Emergency services were called to Roundhill Road, between Hurworth-on-Tees and Hurworth Moor, at around 4.30pm on Thursday (October 8), following reports of a two-vehicle crash.

Paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) and Durham Police attended the incident and a motorbike rider, a woman in her thirties, was taken to hospital.

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A spokesperson for Durham Police said: "Police were called just before 4.40pm yesterday (October 8) following a two-vehicle collision involving a car and a motorbike in Hurworth Moor, near Darlington.

"The rider of the bike, a woman in her thirties, was taken to hospital for treatment for suspected leg injuries.

"The driver of the car was uninjured."

A spokesperson for NEAS added: “We received a call at 4.32pm on Thursday, October 8, about a person injured on Roundhill Road in Darlington.

"We dispatched an ambulance crew to the scene and transported one patient to Darlington Memorial Hospital for further treatment.”