Police are appealing for witnesses following the incident in Gateshead. Shortly after 8.45am on Friday, police received a report that a blue flatbed type van had been followed by a black BMW as it travelled towards the A184. The occupant of the BMW has then collided with the van at the traffic lights on the slip road of the A184 slip road at Whitemare pool and caused significant damage to the back window of the vehicle, before fleeing the scene. No one was injured in the incident. An investigation into the circumstances leading up to this incident is ongoing and two men, aged 32 and 31, and a 30-year-old woman have been arrested and remain in police custody at this time.