Woman dies in Durham crash

A woman has died in an accident on the A688 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.

Police say the 53-year-old woman, from Bishop Auckland, was a passenger in a Ford Fiesta that overturned after a collision with a Ford Escort at the Westerton layby.

She was pronounced dead at Bishop Auckland General Hospital.

The driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 58-year-old man from Coatham Mundeville, County Durham, is in hospital with multiple injuries.

Road closed

A second passenger in the car, a 51-year-old woman from Newton Aycliffe, also suffered serious fractures and internal injuries.

They are recovering in the University Hospital of North Durham in Durham City.

A Durham Police spokesman said: "A blue Ford Fiesta, intending to go into the Westerton layby on the A688, turned into the path of an oncoming Ford Escort, and was overturned in the resulting collision."

The driver of the other car, a 47-year-old-woman from Bishop Auckland, suffered minor injuries and has been released from Darlington Memorial Hospital.

The accident happened on Wednesday night and the road was closed for four hours.