A TEENAGE girl has been taken to hospital after a crash on the Maryport Road near to Dearham.

Police were called at 3:35pm today, Thursday July 21 to the report of a road traffic collision involving a car and pedestrian on Maryport Road.

The road was closed whilst emergency services attended the scene.

The pedestrian, a teenage girl, was taken to hospital with injuries described as minor.

The road has since reopened.

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