Seven officers have been taken to hospital following a collision involving five police vehicles and another car which was being pursued on Tyneside.Northumbria Police said the crash happened on the northbound A1 near the Derwent Haugh Road junction, on the borders of Gateshead and Newcastle, at 2.27am on Wednesday.The force said seven officers were taken to hospital with what it described as non-life-threatening injuries.

Seven officers have been taken to hospital following a collision involving five police vehicles and another car which was being pursued on Tyneside.Northumbria Police said the crash happened on the northbound A1 near the Derwent Haugh Road junction, on the borders of Gateshead and Newcastle, at 2.27am on Wednesday.The force said seven officers were taken to hospital with what it described as non-life-threatening injuries.