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Darlington man has ‘serious’ injuries after Cockfield crash
The man, in his 50s, was airlifted to hospital after the crash just before 6pm on Friday (April 24) at the junction of Burnthouse Lane and Long Lane in Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland.
He suffered multiple injuries, including a broken collarbone, fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
Durham Police said the BMW pulled out at the junction when the crash happened. The driver, a woman in her early 20s, was uninjured.
The cyclist was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for further treatment.
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call to 999 on Friday at 5.44pm to reports of a road traffic collision between a bike and a car at the junction of Burnthouse Lane and Long Lane in the Staindrop area.
“We sent a rapid response paramedic, an emergency ambulance crew and the air ambulance.
“One male patient was taken by GNAAS to James Cook hospital for further treatment.”
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) helicopter airlifted the man to hospital.
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