Toddler taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by car in Bridgnorth
Police have said they are investigating after a three-year-old boy was taken to hospital with "serious injuries" after being hit by a car in Bridgnorth.
The incident in Innage Lane occurred at around 8.37am on Tuesday.
An ambulance and paramedic were called and The Midland Air Ambulance was scrambled from RAF Cosford.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said the toddler had been taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital with serious injuries but his condition is not thought to be life-threatening.
The spokesperson said: "We were called to reports of a collision between a car and pedestrian on Innage Lane at 8.37am yesterday.
"One ambulance, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the scene. On arrival we discovered one patient who was the pedestrian, a male toddler.
"He was treated for serious injuries, not thought to be life-threatening, before being taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital by land ambulance."
A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "We received a call around 8.50am yesterday morning with a report of a road traffic collision between a vehicle and pedestrian on Innage Lane in Bridgnorth.
"A three-year-old boy was taken to the Birmingham Children's Hospital.
"An investigation is on-going."
