Blackhall Colliery incident - 16 October
Published 17 October 2026
A NEAS spokesperson said, "We received a call at 14.46 on Friday 16 October to a person unwell at a private address in Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool. We dispatched the air ambulance, two emergency ambulance crews, a rapid response paramedic and a community first responder. An elderly patient was pre alerted to James Cook hospital for further treatment by air."