A 15-year-old girl was taken to hospital after being knocked over in Newcastle.
Emergency services were called to Benton Road on Thursday morning following reports of a collision "involving a car and a pedestrian" near to the Hilden Gardens area of Heaton.
Paramedics attended and treated the girl before taking her to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, the North East Ambulance Service said.
A spokesman for Northumbria Police said the teen had suffered "minor head injuries" as a result of the collision.
He said: "At 8.20am today (Thursday) we were alerted by the ambulance service to a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian on Benton Road near the junction with Hilden Gardens, Newcastle.
“Officers attended and found a 15-year-old girl had suffered minor head injuries.
"She was taken to hospital as a precaution.”
