Teen cautioned after East Cleveland railway workers are shot at with an air rifle

A second teenager remains on police bail in relation to incident in which workers were targeted in Carlin How

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Area around Kilton Beck Viaduct in Carlin How

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A teenager has been cautioned after railway workers were shot at with an air rifle.

The 18-year-old man was cautioned by Cleveland Police officers, while another youth, 17, remains on police bail in relation to the incident.

Police were called to Kilton Beck Viaduct, in Carlin How on Friday, after receiving reports that two railway workers had come under fire.

Neither of the railway workers were injured in the incident.

The force helicopter was also sent up to find the suspects.

Officers later arrested the two youths on suspicion of possession of an air weapon.

And a Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: “The 18-year-old was given a caution and the 17-year-old is still on bail.”

Speaking earlier this week, one of the men fired upon, railway contractor Darren Aldridge, 38, said: “We were out weed spraying on the railway.

“We were working along this viaduct and when we came back to the van we heard about 10 shots whistle by us - I imagine if they were coming that close they must have been aiming at us.

“We didn’t know where they were coming from, but my friend said, ‘It’s a pellet gun.’”