TWO teenagers have been killed after their high powered motorcycle hit a lampost.

The accident happened in Malvern Road, Preston Grange, North Shields, at 7.15pm on Saturday.

A police spokesman said: "A Kawasaki 750cc motorcycle was travelling west in Malvern Road when, for reasons yet to be established, it left the carriageway and collided with a lampost.

"The pillion passenger - a 15-year-old local man, was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.

"The 16-year-old driver was taken to the North Tyneside General Hospital where he died shortly afterward."

Malvern Road, between Kelsoe Drive and Devon Road, was closed for more than two hours while accident investigators examined the scene.

Neither of the teenagers have been named.

Anyone with information should contact 0845 6043043.