Five people have hospitalised in a crash that has left at least five police cars wrecked and major dual carriageway closed in Northumberland
The crash occurred around 2:30am near Denton, Newcastle, flipping one car onto its side and leaving debris scattered across the road.
A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, with a woman, also aged in her 20s, arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting dangerous driving.
The officers were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and four have been discharged, while two remain for observation and one is being treated for a leg injury.
A section of the A1 near Denton remains closed following the crash
