A 52-year-old man believed to have taken ill at the wheel before crashing into a ditch has died in hospital.
The HGV driver, from the Gloucestershire area, was taken to hospital following the incident between 1pm-2pm on the A1185 Seal Sands Road, near Billingham, yesterday.
A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said: “A 52-year-old HGV driver from the Gloucestershire area has sadly died following an incident yesterday.
“It is believed that the male driver suffered a medical episode at the wheel. He was taken to hospital and sadly passed away overnight.”
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit on 101, quoting reference number 32274.
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