Coronation Street teenager Betsy Swain is facing a dramatic fight for her life in a devastating new storyline.

The shocking scenes play out in Tuesday’s tense episode, which sees Rob Donovan’s hostage plot come to a head.

Last week, viewers saw Rob return to the cobbles and convince his ex-partner Tracy McDonald to let him stay with her at No.1.

The escaped prisoner promised to stick around for just one night, while he finalised his plans to flee from the country for good.

Sadly, it soon became clear that Rob really had other ideas. Tracy was alarmed when she realised that the dangerous killer had armed himself with a gun, and was seemingly more interested in seeking revenge against his sister Carla Connor.

In Tuesday’s episode, Rob forces Tracy to lure Carla to the house under false pretences. Carla pops round after Tracy makes out that she wants to discuss a business proposition, but she’s terrified to come face-to-face with her brother again.

Tracy and Carla then fear for their lives as Rob – who’s seriously ill after the kidney transplant and his recent fall – holds them both captive and makes sinister threats.

There’s a ray of hope when Tracy manages to escape out of the back door and raise the alarm to Carla’s partner Lisa Swain.

After calling in the incident to her colleagues at the police station, Lisa puts herself at risk as she bravely enters the house to be by Carla’s side in her hour of need.

Lisa takes decisive action by finding the right moment to distract Rob and wrestle the gun from him. A shot rings out and the armed police team force their way inside, leading to Rob’s arrest.

Just when it seems like everyone made it out unscathed, Lisa and her colleagues are horrified to find Betsy outside, lying in the ginnel with a gunshot wound. It’s revealed that Lisa’s daughter was caught in the crossfire when the gun went off.

The synopsis for Wednesday’s follow-up episode reads: “In the hospital waiting room, there’s an anxious wait…”

Will Betsy survive?

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 “𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠.𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬