Overview
- Emergency services were called around 11:15pm Saturday to the A19 southbound between the A179 and the Elwick turn off.
- The driver of a silver Ford C-Max, believed to be 17, suffered significant head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The southbound carriageway was shut for roughly 12 hours with diversions in place, reopening late Sunday morning with National Highways assisting.
- North East Ambulance Service sent a paramedic ambulance and a clinical team leader to the incident.
- Cleveland Police informed the boy’s family and deployed specially trained officers, and witnesses can contact 101 quoting reference 238211; one passerby reported a badly burned car being recovered.