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A person has been taken to hospital after a crash at a County Durham crossroads that blocked the road.
Emergency services were called to Waldridge Road in Edmondsley, near Chester-le-Street, at around 8.55am on Wednesday (October 21).
During the incident, the crossroads was closed off to drivers by police.
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The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has confirmed it attended the scene.
A spokesperson for NEAS said: "We were called to a road traffic incident in Waldridge near Chester-le-Street at 8.54am on Wednesday 21st October 2026.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew who took one patient to University Hospital of North Durham (UHND)."