A 17-year-old girl has been injured after she fell from a taxi in Billingham.
A yellow Peugeot hackney carriage was travelling at slow speed along Warkworth Road when the girl fell from it.
The teenager suffered a head injury as well as serious abrasions, a sprain to her right ankle, lacerations and bruising.
The incident happened on Saturday, May 2 at 2.30am.
Police are appealing for witnesses to contact PC Jayson Morris on 01642-301552.
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