A person was taken to hospital after a vehicle crashed into a bus stop in South Tyneside.
Emergency crews attended the scene on Finchale Road in Hebburn shortly after 1.30am on New Year's Day following reports of a collision.
The North East Ambulance Service dispatched an ambulance crew to the scene and requested assistance from Great North Air Ambulance Service. Crews from the Tyne and Wear Fire Service and Northumbria Police were also in attendance.
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Pictures from the scene show damage to the bus stop on Finchale Road with the brickwork collapsed.
Northumbria Police said that they believe the car crashed through the bus stop wall before colliding with another vehicle. One man was subsequently taken to South Tyneside Hospital for further medical treatment and his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
The bus stop also appears to have been cordoned off from the public with temporary fencing panels.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Shortly after 1.30am on Sunday (January 1), we received a report that a vehicle had collided with a bus stop on Finchale Road, Hebburn, before colliding with another vehicle.
“Officers attended and a man was taken to hospital with injuries which were not believed to be life-threatening.”
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to reports of a road traffic collision in Hebburn shortly after 1.30am on New Year's Day.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew, a clinical team leader and two resources from our Hazardous Area Response Team, and requested support from Great North Air Ambulance Service.
"One patient was taken to South Tyneside Hospital."
A spokesperson for the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service added that two appliances were deployed to the scene.
They said: "We attended the scene on Finchale Road in Hebburn following reports of an RTC. The time of the call was 01.37am and the stop message was at 02.06am.
"Two fire appliances attended from South Shields Fire Station."
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