Teenage girl suffered broken jaw after being hit by cars as she walked down Sheffield street

A teenage girl is due to be discharged from hospital after being hit by two cars which mounted a pavement in Sheffield after a crash.
By Claire Lewis
Published 6th Dec 2019, 11:15 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2019, 17:49 BST
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The 16-year-old was struck after two cars collided on Horninglow Road, Firth Park, on Wednesday December 4.

A black Seat Leon and a silver Ford Fiesta crashed at the junction with Tideswell Road and careered into the teenager who was walking nearby at the time.

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South Yorkshire Police said she sustained a broken jaw in the incident.

A girl, aged 16, was struck by two cars involved in a collision on Horninglow Road, Firth Park, earlier this weekA girl, aged 16, was struck by two cars involved in a collision on Horninglow Road, Firth Park, earlier this week
A girl, aged 16, was struck by two cars involved in a collision on Horninglow Road, Firth Park, earlier this week

The driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 39-year-old woman, was also taken to hospital with serious injuries and an eight-year-old girl travelling in the same car suffered minor injuries.

The occupants of the Seat Leon fled the scene.

Two 21-year-old Sheffield men were later arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of a collision and being unfit to drive through drink or drugs.

They have been released under investigation.