Police launch appeal for information after 16-year-old boy is seriously hurt in Jarrow road smash

Police have launched an appeal for information after a teenage boy suffered serious head injuries after a car smashed into a lamppost on a South Tyneside road.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Mar 2016, 14:18 BST
Updated 23rd Mar 2016, 15:57 BST
Police have launched an appeal for information after a teenage boy was badly hurt in a road crash near the Lindisfarne roundabout.Police have launched an appeal for information after a teenage boy was badly hurt in a road crash near the Lindisfarne roundabout.
Police have launched an appeal for information after a teenage boy was badly hurt in a road crash near the Lindisfarne roundabout.

A blue Renault Clio collided with the lamppost on the slip road from the A19 Nortthbound onto the A194, near to the Lindisfarne roundabout, Jarrow, at about 11.30pm on Friday, March 11.

A 16-year-old passenger in the vehicle was taken to hospital after the crash for treatment to what are believed to be serious head injuries.

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The road was closed for two hours while investigations were carried out. Inquiries into the collision are ongoing and anyone with information to help is asked to contact police.

Anyone who may have witnessed the collision, or have any information to help is asked to contact police on 101 quoting reference 1392 11/03/16.

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