Six-year-old boy in critical condition and his sister seriously hurt after being struck by car (From Wirral Globe)
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Six-year-old boy in critical condition and his sister seriously hurt after being struck by car
9:13am Monday 24th September 2012 in News
Six-year-old boy in critical condition and his sister seriously hurt after being struck by car
A six-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he and his sister were struck by a 4x4 car in New Brighton on Sunday afternoon.
The boy and his eight-year-old sister were crossing the road at Marine Promenade in the direction of the shops from Fort Perch Rock when the accident occured at 2pm.
The 65-year-old driver of the silver BMW X-Trail 4X4 involved stopped at the scene and has been helping officers with enquiries. A routine breath test was carried out and the result was negative.
Both children were treated at scene by paramedics before being taken by ambulance under police escort to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
The boy has a serious head injury and a serious fracture to his leg and is described as critical at this time.
His sister has a fracture to her left leg and her condition is described as serious but not life-threatening.
Their mother, who was with them at the time of the incident, is with them at hospital.
Part of Marine Promenade was closed off to allow investigation work and traffic officers are appealing for motorists and pedestrians who were in the area to contact them if they witnessed what happened.
Call the police investigation team on 0151 777 5444 or leave information anonymously with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Comments(12)
steady cyclist
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10:58am Mon 24 Sep 12
There where plans in the pipeline to remove them and make the area a flat land, and do something about that stupid roundabout outside the floral hall ,its not a parking space for council vehicles and blue badge abusers.
red devil
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2:41pm Mon 24 Sep 12
dave301bounty
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3:32pm Mon 24 Sep 12
JADEE1
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5:02pm Mon 24 Sep 12
,prevention is allways better then cure,,this is not adopted by the wirral council road saftey officer,when we asked for road calming measures , a bus & HGV,prohabition, on sections of price st birkenhead,!!we were refused,!! its a race track for everyone,no one drives at 30 mph,on price st,,,!! we have to wait for a higher body count !!,before the council will spend any money in & around price st ,on road safety,!! what a world we live inn,!!.if subsidies & levys paid from our council tax to private bus companys,,was stopped,!! over a £ 160 grand a YEAR.!! ,there would be plenty of cash for the road safety,of our young & old alike,get your act together wirral council,start lookin after the public & not your greedy backhander selves,do your job or get out,!!
LuxUmbra
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1:06pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Half of the ADULTS who cross roads these days appear clueless, reading texts etc while passing a cursory glance at traffic to check whether it's truly safe. God help the kids brought up by these fools, learning to cross roads is an essential skill and part of growing up, but with some of the parenting skills demonstrated these days, I think we'll sadly hear a lot more of this sort of thing. Hope the kids recover ok
JADEE1
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5:05pm Tue 25 Sep 12
h a passion,,& not for backhanders ,!!
LuxUmbra
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9:24pm Tue 25 Sep 12
There are plenty of night classes (run by the council) where you could learn basic grammar you know?
Give one a try and good luck
sid-snot
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12:14am Wed 26 Sep 12
uncatom
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7:01pm Wed 26 Sep 12
JADEE1
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2:08pm Sun 30 Sep 12
Positive thinker
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8:42pm Sun 30 Sep 12
more the lady is obsessed with people being corrupt and accepting back handers.The individual we are talking about is not on this planet do I need to say more?
WirralAl says...
9:18am Mon 24 Sep 12
It's a shame it took such a horrible accident to highlight the problem.