Residents have spoken of their shock and sadness after a three-year-old boy was left seriously injured in a suspected hit and run in North Shields.
The child, who was a pedestrian, suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries on Monday just before 5.45pm after being involved in a collision with a white Ford Focus on Waterville Road near the junction with Prudhoe Street.
The driver of the vehicle was reported to have left the scene without exchanging details and before emergency services arrived.
