Live updates as South Shields road cordoned off and police on the scene

Live updates as South Shields road cordoned off and police on the scene

Police have closed John Reid Road in South Shields following an incident last night.

Man and schoolboy killed in mysterious crash after car 'drives off the road'

A man in his 40s and a secondary-school-aged boy were found to have suffered serious injuries after a one-vehicle collision in South Shields last night, police have said A man and a boy have tragically died after a car mysteriously drove off the road in South Tyneside, authorities have said. Northumbria Police rushed to John Reid Road in south Shields shortly after 8.55pm last night after a report of a one-vehicle collision involving a white Sko…