Firefighters helped to rescue a lorry driver from a HGV which overturned on the A1 in the early hours of this morning. Clear up operations continue after a Warburtons lorry shed its load across both carriageways of the motorway just before 5.15am.
The road remains closed between Bowburn and Carville Interchange heading northbound, while southbound carriageway is restricted to the hard shoulder only. Drivers are advised to find an alternative route following the incident, which happened just after the Bowburn junction.
Police, paramedics and fire crews were dispatched to the scene, where firefighters helped to free the driver from the lorry. He was then transferred to University Hospital of North Durham by North East Ambulance Service.