A 10-year-old child on an electric scooter has broken his leg after a collision with a vehicle.

It happened in Middlesbrough at about 2.10pm on Tuesday.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash, which involved a black BMW 1 series and happened in Trimdon Avenue.

A 10-year-old boy, who was riding an electric scooter, was taken to James Cook University Hospital with a broken leg. 

Anyone with CCTV or dash cam footage of the incident is asked to upload it by visiting this website

Anyone with further information is asked to contact PC Michael Fearns from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, on the non-emergency number 101, quoting incident number 24872.