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| Pavement crash child identified | Pavement crash child identified |
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| Investigations are continuing into a crash that killed an 18-month-old baby boy and left his mother critically injured in Lancashire. | Investigations are continuing into a crash that killed an 18-month-old baby boy and left his mother critically injured in Lancashire. |
| Jackie Bloomer, 30, was pushing her son Jayden in his buggy along Water Street, Accrington, when a green Rover car mounted the kerb and hit them. | Jackie Bloomer, 30, was pushing her son Jayden in his buggy along Water Street, Accrington, when a green Rover car mounted the kerb and hit them. |
| The 89-year-old driver also died. Ms Bloomer suffered multiple injuries and is in a critical condition in hospital. | The 89-year-old driver also died. Ms Bloomer suffered multiple injuries and is in a critical condition in hospital. |
| Lancashire Police are still appealing for witnesses to the crash on Tuesday. | Lancashire Police are still appealing for witnesses to the crash on Tuesday. |
| Car movements | Car movements |
| Ms Bloomer was walking to a school to pick up her other child when the collision happened at about 1500 GMT. | |
| The car left the road at Eastgate and mounted the pavement, hitting a building at the bottom of Water Street and moving into the path of the pair. | The car left the road at Eastgate and mounted the pavement, hitting a building at the bottom of Water Street and moving into the path of the pair. |
| All three casualties were treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital, where Jayden and the driver died. | All three casualties were treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital, where Jayden and the driver died. |
| Ms Bloomer is currently being treated in Royal Preston Hospital for serious multiple injuries. | Ms Bloomer is currently being treated in Royal Preston Hospital for serious multiple injuries. |
| 'Tragic incident' | |
| Officers are appealing for anyone who saw the car before the crash to get in touch. | Officers are appealing for anyone who saw the car before the crash to get in touch. |
| Sgt Pete Sculpher, from Accrington road policing unit, said: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts go out to both families involved. | Sgt Pete Sculpher, from Accrington road policing unit, said: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts go out to both families involved. |
| "The collision happened on one of the busiest roads in Accrington at a time when many people would be picking children up from school so I would ask anyone that saw anything to come forward and speak to police." | "The collision happened on one of the busiest roads in Accrington at a time when many people would be picking children up from school so I would ask anyone that saw anything to come forward and speak to police." |
| The driver, a local man, has not yet been identified by police. | The driver, a local man, has not yet been identified by police. |