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| Two boys hurt as van ploughs into wall in Cleethorpes | |
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| Two boys were seriously injured when a van ploughed into a wall outside a corner shop. | |
| The children were struck by a white Peugeot van in St Peter's Avenue, Cleethorpes, at about 08:30 BST, Humberside Police said. | The children were struck by a white Peugeot van in St Peter's Avenue, Cleethorpes, at about 08:30 BST, Humberside Police said. |
| Both boys were seriously hurt. One suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Leeds. | |
| No further details have been released about the boys, including their ages. | |
| The condition of the driver is not yet known. | |
| Eyewitness John Pickersgill, who lives nearby, said he had been in bed when he heard "an almighty crash" which he thought "was an earthquake at first". | |
| He said he looked out of the window and saw a van "had run through the wall at the side of the shop". | |
| He said his son knew a relative of one of the victims and said he believed it was the birthday of one of the boys on Saturday. | |
| The force has advised motorists to avoid the area. |