Teenager killed and mum injured in crash on A1 in Yorkshire

The 16-year-old was travelling in a blue Peugeot 307 car with his 46-year-old mother when they crashed into the central reservation on the A1 near Richmond at around 10pm last night.

The pair, from North Shields in Tyneside, got out of the car following the collision and were thought to be making their way to the hard shoulder when they were struck by an HGV travelling on the road, one mile north of junction 57.

North Yorkshire Police said the boy was pronounced dead at the scene and his mother was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service described the condition of the icy road as "treacherous".

Firefighters were called to the scene, just north of the A66, at 10.27pm.

They found that two people had been hit by the articulated heavy goods vehicle and one was still trapped.

Crews worked for nearly three hours, using specialist heavy rescue equipment, to release the victim.

A fire service spokesman said: "It was a long and protracted rescue in very difficult conditions and sadly the casualty did not survive."

The spokesman said he could not speculate on the cause of the accidents but said the weather conditions would be one of the factors investigated by North Yorkshire Police.

"The roads were treacherous," he said. "It was minus 6C (21.2F) and there were widespread icy roads."

Police said relatives of the teenager had been informed of his death but officers were not yet in a position to release his identity.

North Yorkshire Police asked anyone who witnessed the collision to contact Traffic Constable Martin Usher, of Richmond Roads policing group, on 0845 6060247, quoting reference 12100003277.