TWO men were being treated in hospital yesterday after a car accident.

The crash happened at about 3.30am on Sunday after a Peugeot 205 appeared to spin out of control in Billingham, near Stockton.

It hit a parked Hyundai car near the roundabout at the junction of the causeway in Finchdale Avenue.

A 23-year-old man in the Peugeot was thrown from the vehicle.

He was still in the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton yesterday with cuts to his head and bruising.

An 18-year-old male passenger was also injured and taken to the same hospital.

Both were detained but their conditions were described as non life-threatening. The 21-year-old male driver was not injured.

Witnesses to the accident are asked to call PC Paul Sanderson on (01642) 301552.