A County Durham road has been closed following a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian.
The incident happened on Delves Lane, near Hampton Manor Care Home just before 11.30am on Saturday with paramedics called soon after.
Durham Constabulary closed the road and it remains closed at the roundabout with Gloucester Road.
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Police have said the road is expected to remain closed for some time.
Bus services are being diverted away from the area.
A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 11.31am to the Delves Lane area to reports of a road traffic collision between a vehicle and pedestrian.
“We sent two ambulances and requested the Great North Air Ambulance support.”
A spokeswoman for the Durham Constabulary was unable to give further details at this time but said the road would be “closed for the foreseeable future”.
