A motorcyclist is seriously injured in hospital after a collision with a car.
Windsor Road in Birtley was brought to a standstill on Friday afternoon after emergency services were called to the scene.
Police said a motorcyclist suffered suspected back injuries in the crash and has been taken to hospital.
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A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said: "At about 3pm today (April 5), police received a report of a collision on Windsor Road, Birtley.
"Emergency services attended after a Ford Mondeo and Honda motorcycle collided.
"The driver of the motorcycle was taken to hospital with serious injuries."
A spokesperson for the North East Amublance service said paramedics had been called at 2.53pm "to treat a motorcyclist involved in a collision with a car".
One man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead with "suspected injuries to his lower back".
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