Golf driver bailed after fatal crash which claimed life of 24-year-old
Cleveland Police has provided an update on a fatal collision on Teesside.
Police and paramedics were called to Stockton[1] Road, on the A689 in Hartlepool[2], on Friday after a dark blue Audi collided with railings not far from The Travellers Rest pub, shortly after 10.15pm. The force confirmed that a 24-year-old man, driving a dark blue Audi S3, tragically died following the collision.
A 22-year-old man - who was driving a blue VW Golf - was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. However, a police spokesperson confirmed that the he has been bailed whilst enquiries continue into the incident.
The statement reads: “A 22-year-old man arrested following a two-vehicle collision in Hartlepool on Friday evening (November 17) has been bailed whilst enquiries continue. A 24-year-old man driving a dark blue Audi S3 sadly died following the collision which took place on the A689 around 10.15pm near to the Travellers Rest Pub.
"The family of the man is being supported by specially trained officers and our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time. Police continue to appeal for witnesses or anyone with footage of the incident to call 101, quoting SE23228265.”
The aftermath of the collision and (inset) the scene on Friday night (Image: Teesside Live / Terry Blackburn)
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the incident - with a huge police presence swarming the roads and erecting a cordon across the dual carriageway. The road was cordoned off, between Brierton Lane and Rossmere Way, with both sides of the road blocked off to traffic.
Images from the scene on Friday showed officers probing the wreckage of the blue Audi, which was on its side next to a damaged brick wall and railing beside the carriageway. Eyewitnesses told Teesside Live how emergency services were "swarming all over the road" following the crash - with one person describing how they had "never seen that amount of different types of police officers" at the scene of a crash before.
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Teesside Live visited the scene on Saturday morning, where there were visible tyre marks on the grass near Stockton[7] Road's junction with Wyverne Court. There also appeared to be oil on the road - with a temporary fence blocking off the damaged wall.
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to a road traffic collision last night (17 November) near the A689 in Hartlepool at 10.20pm. We dispatched two ambulance crews, a clinical team leader and the MEDICAR."
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