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Teenage girl injured after being hit by car in Dunston with road closed off

An 18-year-old has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Dunston.

Emergency services were called to Colliery Road (A1114) in Dunston at around 7:30am on Wednesday following reports of a collision. A number of police cars were dispatched to the scene with a section of the road near the Tudor Rose pub taped off.

The teenager involved was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary where her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

Read more: One taken to hospital after three-car rush hour crash on Central Motorway in Newcastle

Colliery Road has been closed off by police while police conduct investigations and for the recovery of the vehicle involved.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "At 7.30am today, we received a report of a collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle on Colliery Road, Dunston.

Police at the scene of an RTC on the A1114 in Dunston. (Iain Buist / Newcastle Chronicle)

"Emergency services attended and the 18-year-old female pedestrian has been taken to hospital for treatment on injuries not thought to be life-threatening. A section of the road has been closed to allow for recovery of the vehicle involved to take place."

A statement from the North East Ambulance Service read: "We were called at 7.23am this morning to a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian. We dispatched a specialist paramedic and a double crewed ambulance and one patient was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary."

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