Air Ambulance called after Fleetwood boy struck by car outside.

    Wednesday, 5 April 2023 10:05

    By Josh Bairstow, Coastal News X @JoshB_Journo

    Emergency services at the scene of the crash in Poulton Road, Fleetwood yesterday morning

    The boy was flown to Alder Hey Children's Hospital after the accident outside Aldi on Poulton Road.

    Emergency Services were called yesterday (Tuesday 4th April) to a Road Traffic Collision involving a car and a young boy yesterday after he was knocked off his bike shortly after 9am.

    The Air Ambulance was called to the incident and landed at Shakespeare Primary School in Manor Road, the boy was airlifted to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool for treatment.

    The boy, in his pre-teens, suffered 'multiple-injuries' and is reportedly in a serious condition. 

    Poulton Road was closed whilst emergency services worked at the scene and was kept closed for a number of hours whilst police investigated the incident and how it occurred.

    A police spokesman 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 added: "We were called at 9.05am 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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