Appeal for dashcam in Hartlepool

Officers are appealing for dashcam footage after a collision between a motorbike and a van in Hartlepool.

Shortly before 3:10pm on the afternoon of Sunday 12th November, a Ford Transit van and a KTM 125 motorbike collided at the traffic light junction of Raby Road, Hart Lane and Middleton Road. 

The rider of the motorbike, a 15-year-old boy, was left unconscious with cuts and grazes to his head and his ankle. He was taken to The University Hospital of North Tees for treatment. His pillion passenger fled the scene.

The 15-year-old was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drug driving, theft of a motor vehicle, driving without insurance, driving without a licence and possession of a bladed article.

Police are appealing for anyone with dashcam to come forward and call 101, quoting CVP-23-224837.