Overview
- A pedestrian in her 60s was struck by a car at the junction of Benton Road and Goathland Avenue on Sunday morning and was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with life-threatening injuries.
- North East Ambulance Service dispatched crews and requested the Great North Air Ambulance Service, whose critical care team of two paramedics and a doctor arrived on scene shortly after 10:00am to support treatment.
- The driver of the grey Renault Clio remained at the scene and is assisting officers while a police cordon and a temporary road closure were put in place and later lifted.
- Northumbria Police’s Roads Policing and Forensic Collision Investigation Unit has launched an inquiry and is asking anyone with information, CCTV or dashcam footage to contact the force quoting reference NP-20260705-0316.
- Regional air-ambulance teams also attended separate incidents in Redcar on Sunday evening and in Darlington earlier that week, showing continued high demand for critical care support across the area.