Teen boy fights for after concrete pipe falls on him at County Durham building site

Teen boy fights for after concrete pipe falls on him at County Durham building siteThe boy, aged 17, was crushed by a concrete pipe while working at a housing development in County DurhamCommentsNewsZahra Khaliq News Reporter22:23, 17 Apr 2026Updated 22:40, 17 Apr 2026View ImageThe entrance to the building site where the accident took place(Image: Google)A 17-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he was crushed by a concrete pipe while working at a building site.‌The boy suffered critical injuries to his head and neck when the object fell on him at Bellway's Sniperley Park DH1 - a housing development in Country Durham. Multiple emergency crews, including an air ambulance and specialist paramedic, raced to the scene after the boy was left with a "serious life-threatening injury".‌The incident unfolded while groundworks were being carried out at the site by principal contractor Esh Group. A North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) spokesperson said crews were called at 12.49pm on Thursday, April 16, to reports of a person injured at the site on Sniperley Farm Road.‌"We dispatched an ambulance crew, a specialist paramedic, two clinical team leaders, and a duty officer to the scene, and requested support from our colleagues at the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) who attended by road," the statement adds. "We transported one patient to the RVI for further treatment."The boy remains in a critical condition at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle and his family are being supported by specially trained officers, Durham Police said.‌An investigation has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive, who is working alongside officers to establish the circumstances leading up to the horror incident.An Esh Group spokesperson said: "Esh Group is presently assisting Police, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in relation to a serious incident that took place yesterday on the Sniperley Park site on which groundworks...