Former footballer Paul Gascoigne is in hospital following a car crash, police said.
The former England, Newcastle and Tottenham midfielder was in a serious but not life-threatening condition at Newcastle General Hospital following the accident in the city at 9.45pm on Sunday.
The 43-year-old, who has battled drink and drug addiction and depression since the end of his playing career, was one of three people in a Vauxhall Astra which crashed at Sandhill on Newcastle's quayside.
The dark blue Astra crashed into a lamppost next to the historic Guildhall, close to the Tyne Bridge.
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Fragments of car bodywork and shattered glass surrounded the bent and twisted lamppost, which was crushed against the building's 19th century east pillars.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "For reasons yet to be established, the car left the road and collided with a lamppost.
"A female driver and two male passengers were taken to hospital with injuries which were not described as life-threatening.
"A 36-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drink- driving and bailed pending further inquiries.
"The condition of the two men in hospital has been described as serious but not life-threatening. The woman has been discharged."
A spokesman for Newcastle General Hospital said he could make no comment. Gascoigne's agent, Kenny Shepherd, was also unavailable for comment.
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