{"id":513564,"date":"2026-04-05T03:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/513564\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:00:16","slug":"armley-teenage-boy-in-hospital-after-fail-to-stop-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/513564\/","title":{"rendered":"Armley teenage boy in hospital after fail to stop crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The incident happened on Carr Crofts in Armley at around 7.08pm on Thursday, April 2, when a grey Volkswagen T\u2011Cross was involved in a collision with a 19\u2011year\u2011old man.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Car made off from scene<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following the collision, the car failed to stop and left the scene. The vehicle has not yet been located.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Emergency services attended and the victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries, which police say are not being treated as life\u2011threatening.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Police believe collision was deliberate<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following initial enquiries, officers believe the vehicle may have deliberately struck the teenager and say a number of lines of enquiry are currently being pursued.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Leeds CID is now appealing for witnesses or anyone with footage from the area at the time of the incident to come forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Appeal for information<\/p>\n<p>\n  Anyone with information is asked to contact Leeds CID on 101, quoting crime number 13260188232.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Information can also be submitted online via www.westyorkshire.police.uk\/livechat or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Full statement from West Yorkshire Police<\/p>\n<p>\n  Police have issued an appeal for further information relating to the incident online.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson said: &#8220;We are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was seriously injured in a fail to stop collision in Leeds.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Leeds CID would like to speak to anyone who witnessed or has footage of the incident which took place on Carr Crofts, Armley during the evening of Thursday 2 April.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It occurred at about 7.08pm after a grey Volkswagen T Cross was in collision with a 19-year-old teenage boy in the street.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The car then made off from the scene and is yet to be located.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The victim suffered serious injuries in the incident and was taken to hospital. His injuries are not being treated as life threatening.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Following investigation, officers believe the car struck the teenager deliberately and are currently pursuing a number of lines of enquiry.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Anyone who has information about or footage of the collision is asked to contact Leeds CID on 101 referencing crime number 13260188232.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Information can also be given online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westyorkshire.police.uk\/livechat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.westyorkshire.police.uk\/livechat<\/a> or an anonymously to the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident happened on Carr Crofts in Armley at around 7.08pm on Thursday, April 2, when a grey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-513564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}