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Teenager in critical condition after hit-and-run

BBC A view of Halifax Road in Bradford. Pictured is some police tape, indicating the road is closed, with a police car parked in the far distanceBBC
Halifax Road, in Bradford, was closed on Tuesday morning, following the incident

Two men have been arrested after a hit-and-run crash left a teenage boy in critical condition.

The 17-year-old pedestrian suffered serious injuries in the collision, on Halifax Road in the Buttershaw area of Bradford.

West Yorkshire Police said officers in a patrol car had witnessed a car on the opposite side of the road "believed to be travelling above the speed limit" around the time of the incident.

The force said the vehicle was believed to have hit the boy at around 20:30 BST on Monday, before leaving the scene.

Officers said one man, 33, had been held on suspicion of causing serious injury through dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

The other man, also 33, had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

A policeman stands behind some police tape, stretched across a major road
Police said a voluntary referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct had been made

An investigation remained ongoing into the crash this afternoon but the road has since reopened.

West Yorkshire Police confirmed it had made a voluntary referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

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