A MAN has been arrested following a suspected hit and run which left a teenager injured in Newton Aycliffe.

The 31-year-old man, from the Newton Aycliffe area, was arrested in the early hours of this morning.

He has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, making off from the scene of an accident and driving while disqualified.

It comes following an incident in the town at about 2.27pm yesterday when 14-year-old Kian Murphy was struck by a vehicle on Burn Lane.

Kian suffered a head injury and a deep gravel graze to his back and was taken to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, where he remains.