A pensioner has been arrested after a mobility scooter driver was allegedly punched in the head.

Police received reports of a serious assault on Whiteleas Way roundabout in South Shields just before 3.30pm on Saturday.

It is believed an altercation took place between a man driving a Nissan Micra and another man, in his 60s, riding a mobility scooter.

The man in the Micra allegedly got out and punched the victim in the head and neck causing him to fall to the ground.

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