EMERGENCY services have been called to a two-vehicle crash on the A69.
At around 7.50am on Monday morning, one lane was closed on the east-bound carriageway, near the Wylam and Horsley turn off, while police attended the scene.
Traffic was backed up as the road was reduced down to one lane.
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