Driver pronounced dead at the scene after car left the road on the A172 off-slip to Stokesley and overturned
Emergency services were called at 7.30pm after the car left the road and overturned
Police have confirmed that a man in his fifties from the Cleveland area died following a serious road accident.
The driver and sole occupant of an Audi which left the road on the A172 off-slip to Stokesley and overturned last night was pronounced dead at the scene.
The road remains closed while collision investigators examined the scene.
A diversion is in place on the A684 at Osmotherley.
Emergency services were called at 7.30pm after the car left the road and overturned.
Police were initially unable to give details of any casualties or state whether the crash had been fatal.
One driver affected by the closure said: “You couldn’t see anything from where they had closed the road.
“But there were a lot of police cars where it was closed so you could tell it was something serious.”
The crash is the second serious smash on the same stretch of A19 in less than a year.
Last February a man died after being involved in a collision with two lorries.
Roy Mackenzie, 35, from Thirsk, suffered fatal injuries after his Ford Focus was involved in a collision with a lorry near Northallerton.
Mr Mackenzie, from Thirsk, then suffered serious head injuries in another collision with an HGV just 10 minutes later as he was standing on the road close to the junction for Over Silton, also on the southbound carriageway.
Any witnesses to the collision are asked to call North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 1 and pass information to the force control room.
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