A TWO-year old girl was thrown from her pushchair in an alleged hit- and-run incident on Teesside yesterday.

A grey Ford Escort veered off the road in Stockton, and struck four people - 32-year-old Kendra Walker and her daughters Charlotte, four, and Harriet Thompson, two, who was in the pushchair.

Rebecca Spence, 14, a family friend, who was pushing the pram, was also hit by the car and was last night unconscious and with head injuries in the University Hospital of North Tees. She was described as "poorly".

Ms Walker and her two daughters were also taken to North Tees, but were discharged last night after treatment for minor injuries.

A man was being questioned by Stockton police in connection with the incident, which happened on Grangefield Road in the Oxbridge area of the town at 2.30pm.

PC Alan Thackray, of the traffic unit, said: "A car came around a tight bend and the rear near side mounted the pavement and struck the adult and three children. The car came to a halt in the middle of the road."

Anyone with information should call Stockton police on (01642) 301552