Seaburn Morrisons: Teenager thrown from car bonnet critically ill

Northumbria Police were alerted on Wednesday by staff at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) that a woman had been admitted with serious head injuries.

The injuries were caused following an incident in Morrisons car park in Seaburn at about 7.30pm on Tuesday when, for reasons yet to be established, the girl had been thrown from the bonnet of a light-coloured Fiat 500 car.

The 16-year-old female remains in a critical condition in hospital and her family are being supported by specially-trained family liaison officers at this time.

An investigation has been launched into the incident and how the girl has come to suffer her injuries.

It is believed that all parties involved were known to each other.

Two females – aged 18 and 16 – were arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and have since been released under investigation.

Sergeant Dave Roberts, of Northumbria Police’s Operations Department, is leading the investigation and has now appealed for witnesses to come forward.

He said: “This is clearly an awful incident and has left a 16-year-old girl with serious head injuries. We will continue to offer support to her family.

“We are committed to finding out the circumstances behind this and the events that immediately preceded the girl sustaining these injuries.

“This happened in a busy supermarket car park so we believe people will have been nearby and potentially witnessed what happened. I’m asking those people to do the right thing and pick up the phone today – please pass on any information you have.

“We have already spoken to two females in connection with this incident and will continue to carry out a range of enquiries throughout the day. Anyone with dashcam footage or who was in the area at the time are asked to get in touch as soon as possible.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact us via the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of our website or by calling 101 quoting log 1089 241120.