A teenager is in a critical condition and another was hospitalised following a serious motorbike crash in Sunderland.
Northumbria Police officers were alerted to a collision involving a motorcycle in the area of St Luke’s Terrace and Oxford Street at about 9.10pm on Wednesday. For reasons to be established, a rider and passenger had come off a red Sinnis motorcycle and suffered multiple injuries.
One man, aged 18, suffered serious head injuries and remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. A 15-year-old boy was also taken to hospital with injuries to his arm.
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Officers said they do not currently believe any other vehicle was involved but they are carrying out a range of enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the collision. They have since appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage to come forward.
Sergeant Steve Chappell, of Northumbria Police’s Motor Patrols Department, said: "Our priority is to find out exactly what happened in this serious incident which has left two teenagers with multiple injuries in hospital.
"We are asking anybody who was in that area last night who may have seen a red motorcycle with two riders, or anybody walking in the area of St Luke’s Terrace and Oxford Street, to come forward.
"Your information, no matter how small or insignificant you feel it may be, could prove the key to giving the injured males’ loved ones the answers they deserve.
"If anyone also has dashcam footage which may be of interest, I would ask that you get in touch with us as soon as possible."
Anyone with information is asked to contact police via the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of our website or by calling 101 quoting log NP-20220914-1114. Alternatively, you can email 1159@northumbria.police.uk.
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