Teenage boy on bike left seriously injured following collision with bus
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a road traffic collision in Newcastle which left a teenage boy seriously injured.
At 7.35pm on Tuesday (28th Feb), police received a report of a collision involving a teenage boy on a bike and a bus on the Coast Road eastbound at the junction with Benfield Road.
Emergency services attended and the 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries where he currently remains in a critical condition.
The driver of the bus is assisting officers with their enquiries.
The road was closed for about four hours before re-opening to traffic.
Enquiries are ongoing and officers are today (Wednesday) appealing for anyone with information regarding the collision to contact them.
They are particularly interested to hear from anyone who may have dashcam footage capturing what took place or the moments leading up to the collision.
Witnesses should contact Northumbria Police either using the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of our website or by calling 101 quoting NP-20230228-0951.