Overview
- A collision involving a motorbike on the A66 westbound near the Marton interchange in Middlesbrough occurred in the early hours of Friday and prompted an immediate police and ambulance response.
- Two men, aged 18 and 24, were taken to James Cook University Hospital after coming off a black Yamaha motorbike.
- The North East Ambulance Service dispatched two double‑crewed ambulances, a specialist paramedic and a clinical team leader to the scene.
- Cleveland Police temporarily closed the westbound carriageway between North Ormesby and the Marton interchange for several hours and traffic monitoring services later reported the road had reopened.
- Police have appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact them and no official update has been released on the patients’ conditions.