POLICE are appealing for information after a teenager was found with a serious head injury.

The teen was found on Wigton Road between the Caldewgate roundabout and junctions of Granville Road and Stanhope Road, Carlisle at around 4:15am this morning (July 31).

The teen was taken to Cumberland Infirmary.

Officers are appealing for witnesses that may have seen the man who was wearing a black jumper, navy jeans and black trainers.

It is believed he travelled from town via Castle Way.

Wigton road is closed whilst enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of the incident.

Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 54 of July 31, 2022.

You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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