A person has been airlifted to hospital after a crash on the A66 between the North Yorkshire and County Durham border.
Emergency services were called to the A-road between Scotch Corner and Greta Bridge at around 11.45am, following reports of a two-vehicle collision.
Police, ambulance crews, firefighters and an air ambulance were all in attendance at the scene, which shut both lanes of the westbound carriageway.
#A66 westbound between #A1M @motoway #ScotchCorner and #A67 #Bowes is closed following a serious collision.@NYorksPolice @NorthYorksFire @YorksAmbulance are all at scene. @YorkshireAirAmb have just landed.
— National Highways: Yorkshire (@HighwaysYORKS) September 20, 2024
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The road remains closed at this time, with police diverting traffic at the scene and the eastbound section of the A66 also congested currently.
It's been confirmed that one person has been airlifted to hospital after two people became trapped following the crash.
A spokesperson for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: "We received an emergency call at 11.29 this morning (20 September) to a road traffic collision on the A66 between Scotch Corner and Greta Bridge, involving two vehicles.
"A number of our resources were dispatched to the scene, with one patient being conveyed to James Cook Hospital by air ambulance."
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service added: "We were called around 11.42am to a two-vehicle road traffic collision, in which two people were medically trapped.
"The attending fire crews assisted paramedics and the police at the scene."
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