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Car hits five children in Liverpool Car hits six children outside Liverpool school
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Five children have been hit by a car in Liverpool leaving some of them with serious injuries. Six children have been hit by a car outside a school in Liverpool, with some of them suffering serious injuries.
Merseyside police said that emergency services were currently at the scene of the incident on Belvidere Road near Princes Park. Merseyside police said that emergency services were at the scene of the incident on Belvidere Road near Princes Park.
A passerby reported witnessing a collision involving a yellow Peugeot and a number of pedestrians.A passerby reported witnessing a collision involving a yellow Peugeot and a number of pedestrians.
The five girls are aged between 11 and 13 years old. A spokeswoman for the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said eight people were treated at the scene outside the Belvedere Academy secondary school.
More details soon … Two casualties had critical injuries, three had serious injuries and three had minor injuries, she added. Six of the injured, aged 11 to 13, were taken to Alder Hey hospital, and one 17-year-old was taken to the Royal Liverpool hospital.
The driver of the Peugeot – a woman aged in her 80s – was treated at the scene.
The mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, tweeted: “Let’s hope and pray for the five children hurt in the car accident outside Belvedere school. Our thoughts are with them and their families.”
The school on Belvidere Road, near Princes Park, is an independent girls’ secondary school for 11 to 19-year-old students.