An 11-year-old boy who was who was a passenger in a black Range Rover which crashed onto a railway line and hit the side of a freight train suffering serious injuries, remains in a critical but stable condition.
Inquiries into the crash on the A69 near Haltwhistle on Wednesday, December 5, are continuing. Anyone with information should contact Northumbria Police on the 101 non-emergency number.
TAXI MARSHALLS: Taxi Marshalls are once again returning to North Tyneside over the festive period to help Christmas revellers get home safely. They will be operating at taxi rank queues in the busy seaside areas of Whitley Bay and Tynemouth assisting large queues of tired party-goers to get home quickly. It will run from tomorrow (Thursday, December 20), through to New Year's Day.
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