Pair charged with drink driving after lorries drive wrong way on A19 near Hartlepool

Two men have been charged with drink driving and dangerous driving after two lorries ended up driving the wrong way on the busy A19.
By Gavin Ledwith
Published 16th Jun 2020, 14:07 BST
Updated 17th Jun 2020, 15:23 BST
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Large queues of traffic built up while Cleveland Police dealt with the incident just south of the A689 Hartlepool turn off, at Wolviston, on Sunday evening at around 9pm.

Traffic was said to have been delayed for more than two hours until the vehicles, which the force said drove southbound on the northbound carriageway, were removed from the road.

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Two men, aged 43 and 58 and from Eastern Europe, were arrested and have been charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol and dangerous driving.

Police at the scene of Sunday night's incident in which two lorries drove on the wrong side of the A19 near Hartlepool. Picture courtesy of David Tarran.Police at the scene of Sunday night's incident in which two lorries drove on the wrong side of the A19 near Hartlepool. Picture courtesy of David Tarran.
Police at the scene of Sunday night's incident in which two lorries drove on the wrong side of the A19 near Hartlepool. Picture courtesy of David Tarran.

They were due to appear at Teesside Magistrates Court, in Middlesbrough, on Tuesday.

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Tailbacks on the A19 following Sunday night's incident. Picture courtesy of David Tarran.Tailbacks on the A19 following Sunday night's incident. Picture courtesy of David Tarran.
Tailbacks on the A19 following Sunday night's incident. Picture courtesy of David Tarran.

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