A three-year-old has been left seriously injured after being hit by a car as a woman is arrested.
Police and paramedics were called to Newstead Road, at the junction with Byelands Street, just before 4.15pm on Sunday (August 2) following a crash.
The vehicle involved had been travelling eastbound on Newstead Road from Clairville Road when the incident took place.
Cleveland Police has now confirmed that the child, who is three years old, was left seriously injured following the crash. She remains in hospital.
A 36-year-old woman has been arrested in connection and is being questioned while enquiries continue.
The road was taped off following the incident, with an image showing a police car blocking off access to the residential street while a large police van remains parked within the cordon.
The force said: “We are appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time and who saw a grey MG car or who witnessed (or caught relevant footage of) the collision itself to contact us on the 101 number.
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“Please quote reference number 081662.”
A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service said: "We were called just after 4.10pm yesterday (Sunday, August 2) to a road traffic collision between a car and a child on Newstead Road in Middlesbrough.
"We dispatched an ambulance crew and a clinical team leader who treated one patient before conveying to hospital."
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