Two die and three injured in A1 crash in Northumberland

Two people died and three were seriously injured in a crash on the A1 in Northumberland. The collision occurred at the Wandylaw junction, north of Alnwick, at 04:00 BST on Saturday, with a silver Nissan Juke southbound hitting a blue Vauxhall Corsa traveling in the opposite direction, Northumbria Police said. The deceased were a woman in her 50s in the Juke and a man in his 40s in the Corsa, both pronounced dead at the scene. Three others — a woman in her 20s and a teenage boy from the Juke, plus a female passenger in the Corsa in her 20s — were taken to hospital in serious condition. A1 closures in both directions between Ellingham and Purdy Lodge lasted about 10 hours before the road reopened; witnesses are urged to come forward as the Roads Policing Unit investigates. The crash comes nine days after three people were killed on the same stretch, where a planned dualling was scrapped in October 2024 for lack of funding.