Two dead and three injured in head-on collision on A road

The tragedy happened overnight in Northumberland (Picture: Google Maps)

Two people have died and three suffered serious injuries after a ‘devastating’ head-on crash yesterday morning.

The drivers of both vehicles – a woman in her 50s and a man in his 40s – died after their cars collided at a junction on the A1 north of Alnwick, Northumberland, at around 4am on Saturday.

Two women in their 20s and a secondary-school-aged boy were rushed to hospital with serious injuries, police said.

Sergeant Alex Partington, of Northumbria Police, expressed his ‘heartfe...