TWO schoolboys, aged 12 and 16, have been arrested after a stolen car crashed into a taxi.
The collision, in Hartlepool in the early hours of Sunday, saw both children as well as another driver taken to hospital.
The 16-year-old lost consciousness and several teeth during the incident just before 5.25am.
A red Ka, which had been reported stolen overnight, collided with a Vito taxi.
Both cars then struck a pedestrian barrier – with someone said to have run from the Ka before officers arrived at the scene at the junction of Winterbottom Avenue and Warren Road.
The younger child sustained cuts and bruises and both were taken to the University Hospital of North Tees.
They have each been arrested on suspicion of several offences and will be questioned, Cleveland Police said.
The 49-year-old man driving the Mercedes sustained a head injury and he remains in the University Hospital of North Tees receiving treatment.
We would appeal for anyone with information or any relevant doorbell, dash cam or private CCTV footage who has not yet spoken to police to contact us on the 101 number or via the Cleveland Police website, quoting ref 068120.
If you don’t want to speak to police, please consider passing information anonymously to www.crimestoppers-uk.org or phoning them on 0800 555 111.
The crash happened at the junction of Winterbottom Avenue and Warren Road in Hartlepool
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