Air ambulance attend Aldam street, Darlington crash

Emergency services were called to Aldam Street just after 4.45pm today (Thursday, April 2).

Air ambulance, police and ambulance attended the scene and one patient was taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough by road.

Air tracking data shows that the Great North Air Ambulance also made its way to the same hospital.

A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service said: “We were called to a road traffic incident on Aldam Street, Darlington, at 4.47pm on 2 April.

“We dispatched two double crewed ambulances, a clinical team leader and were supported by Great North Air Ambulance Service.

“One patient was taken to James Cook Hospital by road with a doctor on board.”

A spokesperson for the Great North Air Ambulance Service said: “We were activated at 16:50 on Thursday, April 2nd, to reports of a road traffic collision in Darlington.

“We had a doctor and three paramedics on board our aircraft, who, when they arrived on scene, assessed and treated the patient before the patient was transported to hospital by road.”