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One person was taken to hospital after a crash on a County Durham road.
Emergency crews were called to the crash between VW Polo and a Peugeot B1432 in Hawthorn shortly after 8am on Monday (October 12).
The driver of the VW Polo was taken to James Cook University Hospital for further treatment with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the VW Polo was taken to hospital by ambulance, but is believed to have suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The road was closed while the vehicles were recovered and emergency services attended the scene.
The cars have since been recovered.
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to a road traffic incident on the B1432 in Hawthorn, Seaham at shortly after 8am on Monday 12 October.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew and one patient was taken to James Cook University Hospital for further treatment."