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Liverpool Echo
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Ellen Kirwin

Schoolboy airlifted to hospital after being knocked off bike

A boy was airlifted to hospital after being hit by a car.

The boy, in his pre-teens, was involved in a crash with a car while he was riding his bike. Emergency services rushed to the scene at around 9am, on Tuesday, March 4.

Police, ambulance and an air ambulance attended the scene on Poulton Road, Fleetwood. The road was closed while paramedics worked at the scene while an air ambulance landed at Shakespeare Primary School with senior clinicians onboard.

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The boy was airlifted to Alder Hey Children's Hospital after suffering multiple injuries. Poulton Road remains closed while police carry out investigations.

A spokesperson for Lancashire police said: "We were called at 9.09am today to a report of a road traffic collision on Poulton Road, Fleetwood, involving a car and a bicycle. A boy suffered injuries and has been taken to Alder Hey Hospital. The road remains closed.

North West Ambulance service said: "We were called at 9:05 to reports of a road traffic collision on Poulton Rd and attended with an ambulance, air ambulance and senior clinician. A male patient in his pre-teens was airlifted to hospital with multiple injuries."

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