'It was terrible - I felt sick': Residents speak after hit and run horror on Sunderland's Chester Road

People living on Chester Road have spoken of their shock after a woman was airlifted to hospital after a hit and run this afternoon.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Sep 2018, 18:04 BST
Updated 14th Sep 2018, 18:12 BST
Chester Road resident Ben TibboChester Road resident Ben Tibbo
Chester Road resident Ben Tibbo

The 26-year-old was seriously injured after being hit by what police describe as a pick-up style van, which did not stop at the scene.Northumbria Police said it had been told by a witness that the woman may have been the victim of a theft just moments before she was struck.

Efforts to find the van and those inside are ongoing as accident investigators continue to work on the stretch of road beside Barclays Bank.Resident Ben Tibbo, 41, told the Echo: "I was talking to somebody in the street. He said somebody had been hurt on the main road.

The woman was flown to Newcastle's RVI by air ambulance after the hit and runThe woman was flown to Newcastle's RVI by air ambulance after the hit and run
The woman was flown to Newcastle's RVI by air ambulance after the hit and run
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"I heard the helicopter come down - I thought at first it was the police helicopter.

"There were a number of ambulances and the police came down and said it was time to move away.

"I saw a female lying on the floor with paramedics around her.

"It was terrible. I felt sick."

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