An 11-year-old boy is in a vital situation in hospital after being hit by a police van in Lancaster.
Lancashire Police stated the boy was taken to hospital after the incident on Owen Highway at simply earlier than 8.30pm on Thursday.
The collision occurred because the boy was crossing the street and as officers had been responding to an emergency name, police stated.
The street is at the moment closed and the boy has been taken to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
Lancashire Police stated an investigation is underway and that it had referred the matter to the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct “as is commonplace with an incident of this nature”.
“Our ideas are with the kid’s family members right now,” the drive stated.
A spokesperson for the IOPC stated it had been notified of the collision and that investigators had been accumulating info.
“We perceive {that a} marked police van, with its lights and sirens on, was in a collision with an 11-year-old boy,” they stated.
“He has been taken to hospital and our ideas are with him and his household.
“We had been notified by the drive shortly after the collision and declared an investigation at 10.37pm.
“IOPC investigators are heading to the scene and the police put up incident process to start gathering info.
“Our investigation is at an early stage.”
Anybody with any info or who has any CCTV or dashcam footage that will help the investigation is being requested to name 101 and quote log 1388 of Might 25.
