Police asking for support after teenager sustains life-threatening injuries in Heaton
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a teenage girl sustained life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a vehicle in Newcastle.
At 3.45pm on Wednesday, November 26, police received a report via the ambulance service of a collision on Newton Road in the High Heaton area of the city.
It was reported that a white MG ZS car had struck two girls, both aged 16, as they crossed the road.
Emergency services attended and one of the girls was found to have sustained life-threatening injuries in the incident.
She was taken to hospital for treatment where she remains.
The other girl sustained minor injuries and was checked over by paramedics at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene following the collision to assist officers with their enquiries.
Enquiries into the collision are ongoing and officers are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.
Police are particularly keen to hear from those with dash cam footage of the moments leading up to the incident.
Those with information should send Northumbria Police a direct message on social media or use the live chat and report forms on the Force’s website.
Those unable to make contact via those ways can call 101, quoting reference number NP-20251126-0685.