Boy 'hit by car' on Bassenthwaite Avenue, Moss Bank

Emergency services were called to Bassenthwaite Avenue in Moss bank shortly before 2pm.

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Police, ambulance and air ambulance attended the scene.

A police cordon is in place at the scene.

A police spokeswoman confirmed officers have been called to the scene and that a boy has been taken to hospital by ambulance with a "head injury".

She said: "We were called at 1.50pm. A young boy has been hit by a car.

"He has been taken to hospital with a head injury. There is a road closure from the junction with Lorton Avenue to the junction with Windermere Avenue."

At 4.10pm, police updated the Star, adding: "The boy has been checked by doctors and only minor injuries have been sustained." 

A resident, who lives nearby, who helped the boy after the collision told the Star: “I came round the corner and there was sirens and everything and there was a little lad, so tiny, laying on the floor.

“Paramedics arrived and secured his head and that, and I saw his arm was all scraped and the back of his leg too.

“The little boy came in and out of consciousness and then air ambulance came but they took him by road ambulance.

“I kissed my hand then placed it on his head, poor little lad, it’s sad.

“Kids are always running across this road, I hope the little boy is OK.”

A North West Ambulance spokeswoman added: "We were called to a collision involving a pedestrian.

"We have treated a boy, approximately four years old and taken him to hospital with a head injury."