Children were seen crying at a busy park after a young boy was hit by a car. Police said the child was 'conscious and breathing' following the incident in Huyton, Merseyside, this morning (March 12).
Officers were called out to Lydney Road, which runs through Jubilee Park, at 11.30am. It followed an incident involving a Skoda Fabia car and a five-year-old boy, the Liverpool Echo reports.
An air ambulance was also seen in the area. A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: "The child has been taken to hospital.