Victory Street Update: Police issue appeal after woman suffers “life threatening injuries” in Pallion

A woman has sustained life-threatening injuries following reports of an alleged assault on Victory Street in Pallion, Northumbria police have released in a statement.

A spokesman said: “Just after 5am yesterday, we received a report of a disturbance on Victory Street in the Pallion area.

Emergency services attended the scene, where a woman in her 40s was found to have sustained life-threatening injuries.

It is believed she was involved in an altercation on Victory Street before being struck by a vehicle, which then made off from the scene.

She was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where she remains in a critical condition.

An investigation was immediately launched and five people have since been arrested – two men, aged 40 and 54, and one woman, 26, on suspicion of affray and one man, aged 59, and a 28-year-old woman on suspicion of assault.

If you have any information or dash cam footage, we want to hear from you.”