A teenage boy was taken to hospital with two broken legs and ankles after an electric bike crashed with a car - as his pillion passenger fled the scene with the bike.  

Emergency services were alerted after the collision in Grassington Avenue, Middlesbrough, at 5.35pm on Friday. 

The 16-year-old who was riding the bike was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital - but his pillion passenger had fled on the bike.

A Cleveland Police spokesperson said: "A 16-year-old boy was left with two broken legs following a collision on Grassington Road in Middlesbrough yesterday.

"At 5:35pm on the evening of Friday 16th August, an electric bike riding on the footpath collided with a red Toyota Yaris as the driver pulled onto a driveway.

"The teenager riding the electric bike sustained breaks to both of his legs and ankles whilst a second boy, who was a pillion passenger, fled the scene on the bike.

"The 38-year-old woman driving the Yaris was not injured."

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to a road traffic collision yesterday (16 August) at 17:23 on Grassington Road, Middlesbrough.

"We dispatched three ambulance crews and one clinical team leader to the incident. One patient was taken to James Cook University Hospital."

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Officers are appealing for witnesses to the incident, in particular the passengers and driver of a bus, which was in the road at the time.

Those who witnessed the incident or the e-bike prior to the collision, and anyone with CCTV, doorbell or dashcam footage, are asked to call 101 quoting reference SE24157850.