Tributes have been left for teenager Mia Marsh at the scene of a fatal collision.
Emergency services were called to the new stretch of the A1231 at the rear of Pallion Retail Park, between the Northern Spire and Queen Alexandra Bridges, shortly after 1.20am on Saturday, December 3.
A black Vauxhall Astra had left the carriageway and crossed the central reservation before colliding with fencing on the opposite side of the road.
Northumbria Police confirmed a female passenger in the vehicle had been pronounced deceased at the scene. She was identified as 17-year-old Mia Leoni Marsh, of Cranleigh Road, Hylton Castle, and an inquest formally opened into her death.
