A significant number of police officers are currently present at an area of woodland in Gateshead, where emergency services are responding to an ongoing incident. The location near a pathway on Old Durham Road has been cordoned off, with four police vehicles on-site and a van and car positioned behind the cordon for investigative purposes.
Witnesses have observed officers securing the taped-off area, with reports indicating that officers in protective gear were conducting investigations before departing the scene. Images depict law enforcement personnel searching the wooded section behind the cordon near the intersection of Old Durham Road and Shipcote Terrace in Gateshead, as reported by Chronicle Live.
North East Ambulance Service received a call regarding the incident at the junction of Old Durham Road and Split Crow Road in Gateshead at approximately 3:45 pm on January 20. In response, a clinical team leader and an ambulance crew were dispatched to the scene. The Mirror has reached out to Northumbria Police for a statement on the matter.