‘Young pedestrian’ taken to hospital after crash with car near Teesside hospital

A youngster has been taken to hospital following a crash in Hartlepool^[1].

A fleet of emergency services descended on Easington^[2] Road on Friday shortly after 4pm after receiving reports of a road traffic collision near to the Shell garage and the University Hospital of Hartlepool, on Holdforth Road. The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) confirmed they had attended the scene and a 'young pedestrian' had been struck by a car, leaving them with a leg injury.

The pedestrian was taken to the University Hospital of North Tees^[3], in Stockton^[4], via ambulance to be treated for their injuries.

A NEAS spokesperson said: "We received a call at 4.06pm this afternoon to reports of a road traffic incident involving a young pedestrian and a car on Easington Road in Hartlepool. We sent an emergency ambulance crew and a Clinical Team Leader and took the patient to North Tees with a leg injury."

Teesside Live has contacted Cleveland Police^[6] for further information.

References

1. ^{^} Hartlepool (www.gazettelive.co.uk)
2. ^{^} Easington (www.gazettelive.co.uk)
3. ^{^} University Hospital of North Tees (www.gazettelive.co.uk)
4. ^{^} Stockton (www.gazettelive.co.uk)
5. ^{^} Middlesbrough man, 35, dies following A66 crash as police launch investigation (www.gazettelive.co.uk)
6. ^{^} Cleveland Police (www.gazettelive.co.uk)