Alnwick boy, 17, killed in road accident

Posted by The Journal on Jul 4, 09 10:38 AM in News

A teenager was killed and two other people seriously injured last night when a car collided with a tree.

The driver of a Vauxhall Corsa, understood to be a 17-year old boy from Alnwick, Northumberland, died in the smash near his home town.

Crash scene where the boy from Alnwick died

He is the second 17-year-old from the area to be killed in an accident on the road in less than a month.

Two passengers in the car involved in last night's crash, who were both male, were seriously injured. One of them, who was sitting in the back of the vehicle, was flung from the car in the impact.

The accident happened at around 5.20pm on the B6341 between the A697 and Alnwick. It is not yet known why the car left the road.

A police spokeswoman said: "A red Vauxhall Corsa, for reasons yet to be established, lost control and collided with a tree.

"The male driver of the vehicle is deceased. The male front seat passenger sustained serious injuries.

"The male rear seat passenger was ejected from the vehicle and also sustained serious injuries.

"The ages and identities of the victims can not be confirmed at this time as relatives are still being informed."

The accident is the second fatal collision in three weeks on the road.

Just three weeks ago, 17-year-old Sam Gattens was killed when the car he was driving overturned and hit a tree on the B6341 near Lion Bridge, just outside Alnwick.

The popular former Duchess's High School student and golf prodigy had only passed his driving test six days earlier.

Sam, from Highfield Park, Alnwick, was in his Vauxhall Corsa with three friends, who all escaped serious injury. The road on which both accidents happened was closed last night for an investigation into the most recent crash.

Meanwhile, a two-vehicle smash caused commuter chaos and blocked both lanes of the A1 in Northumberland yesterday. Police were called at around 3.15pm to the crash involving a BMW and a lorry on the northbound carriageway of A1.

The driver of the BMW suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Wansbeck Hospital to receive treatment. His condition was last night described as critical. Officers spent three hours at the scene of the accident just north of Alnwick near the Seahouses turnoff before the road was reopened.

Diversions were put in place as the road was blocked in both directions.

Firefighters cut a 42-year-old woman and her passenger from their Citroen C2 following a three-vehicle crash in Newcastle yesterday.

Police were called to Walker Road, Walker, following the accident at around 3.50pm.

The women were treated by paramedics on the roadside before being taken to Newcastle General Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.

Two people in a Fiat Punto and the driver of an LDV van escaped from their vehicles uninjured before the arrival of firefighters.

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