Man in hospital and road closed after attack
BBCA man is in hospital and a busy high street has been closed after a man was seriously injured in an assault.
Northumbria Police said it was called to Shields Road, in Byker, Newcastle, at 19:25 BST on Tuesday after reports of an attack.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service said it sent a critical care team to the scene and it assisted the North East Ambulance Service in transporting a man to hospital.
Police said the road was closed to traffic but there was "no wider risk to the public".
An ambulance service spokesperson said: "We sent two emergency ambulance crews to the scene along with a clinical team leader, our Hazardous Area Response Team and the Great North Air Ambulance, who treated and transported the patient to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle."
