A schoolboy and a man have died after a car they were travelling in came off the road.

The secondary-school-aged youngster was pronounced dead at the scene alongside a male in his 40s.

They died after a white Skoda Octavia they were in came off the road yesterday at 8.55pm on the John Reid Road, in South Shields.

A man, aged in his 30s, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

He was taken to hospital with serious injuries where he remains in a stable condition.