A SECURITY guard needed hospital treatment after being attacked while collecting cash from a service station.
Two men hit the guard on the arm with a weapon and snatched a black security box outside Wrekenton Service Station, Gateshead, at 11.05pm yesterday. The robbers sped towards Harlow Green in a black BMW 3 Series four-door saloon, registration JHR 22N.
The guard was not seriously hurt.
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