Appeal for Witnesses after Delivery Driver Attacked...
- teessidetoday
- Mar 10
- 1 min read
Appeal for witnesses after a Delivery Driver was attached in Hartlepool....
10th March 2025
Police are appealing for witnesses after a delivery driver from a local Pizza Shop was attacked yesterday evening.
The driver, working for Tasty Pizza’s on the Hartlepool Headland was reportedly pursued by two men while delivering food to an address in Somersby Close, on Hartlepool’s Central Estate, last night, in what was described as a frightening and dangerous encounter.
According to Cleveland Police, the two suspects, both wearing balaclavas, were armed – one carrying a baseball bat, the other, 'a firearm'. As the driver fled the scene in her car, the weapon was said to have been discharged, striking the vehicle. Fortunately, the driver managed to escape without injury.
Cleveland Police are now actively investigating the case and urging anyone with information to come forward.
The reference number for the investigation is CVP-25-041770.
