A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being knocked over by a motorcycle in a suspected hit-and-run while out running on a pathway at the weekend. 

Northumbria Police said two men were out running on a path on Derwent Walk, in Blaydon, Gateshead, when they were approached by two men on an orange motorcycle.

As the men were running the motorcycle allegedly collided with one of the men. The men on the motorcycle dumped their vehicle before fleeing on foot. 

A police spokesperson said: "Just before 10.50am on Sunday, March 10, police received a report that two men were out running on a path on Derwent Walk, in the Lockhaugh Road area of Blaydon, when they were approached by two men on an orange motorcycle.

"As the men were running, the motorcycle is reported to have collided with one of the men.

"The victim, aged 56, sustained a broken arm and a broken leg in the incident.

"He is currently in hospital in a stable condition."

The spokesperson added: £The males on the motorcycle are reported to have then left the scene on foot, leaving the motorcycle behind.

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"Officers are investigating the incident and are calling on anyone with information to contact them.

"They are particularly keen to hear from members of the public who were in the area at the time and are believed to have taken images of the suspects leaving the scene."

Anyone with information should use the ‘Report’ page of the Northumbria Police website or call 101, quoting reference number NP-20240310-0305.