BY IAN CROUCH
Police have charged a teenager following a serious crash at Maitland on Tuesday morning.
Emergency services were called to The Long Bridge on High Street after a motorbike and an allegedly stolen Toyota Hilux utility collided.
A 58-year-old man who was riding the bike suffered a traumatic leg injury and was taken to the John Hunter Hospital for surgery.
A 16-year-old boy allegedly driving the ute was taken to Maitland Hospital under police guard.
Officers attended the hospital yesterday (Wednesday 6 November, 2024) where they charged the boy with a raft of offences including dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
