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A man has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car - just minutes after he was seen jumping in front of vehicles.

The man is understood to have been told to leave the Tesco express store on Longlands Road in Middlesbrough twice by a security guard.

The member of staff said they then saw him "dancing in the road" and, fearing he was going to be hit, contacted the police.

Cleveland Police said they received a report 7.24pm on Monday that a man was seen jumping in front of cars on Longlands Road.

Just four minutes later, they received another call to say that he had been hit by a Black Fiat Panda Dynamic Eco CC near Longlands Care Home in the town.

They attended the scene of the accident along with the ambulance service, who took him to James Cook University Hospital with a suspected head injury.

The security guard said: "I ejected a Jamaican male twice from the store due to being drunk and potentially had taken other things.

"He was then dancing in the road to which I called the police cos he was going to be hit.

"As I was on phone police said there was a few calls about him and be there asap.

"I noticed a crowd of people around him and asked my manager if I could go let em know police were on way.

"When I got to where people were the guy had been hit by a car and was on floor unconscious and bleeding.

"Ambulance arrived fairly quickly and police a few mins later."

A spokesperson from Cleveland Police said that the man suffered non-life threatening injuries.

They said: "We got a call at 7:28pm last night to say that a man had been hit by a car near to Longlands Care Home.

"The man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

"The car said to be involved is a Black Fiat Panda Dynamic Eco CC. An ambulance was called.







"We had an earlier report at 7:24pm which said that a man was seen jumping in front of cars on Longlands Road."

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: "We got a call at 7.26pm in the evening to reports of a collision between a pedestrian and a car.

"An ambulance was dispatched and we took one male to James Cook Hospital with a suspected head injury."