A four-year-old boy has tragically died after he was hit by a car on Monday evening.
Emergency services raced to George Road, near Brookvale Lake in Erdington, at roughly 6pm after receiving reports a child had been struck by a vehicle. The youngster was blue-lighted to hospital, but despite medics best efforts, he sadly passed away shortly after arriving.
His family are currently being supported by specialist officers. The driver stopped following the incident and is helping police with their enquiries as they try to establish the full circumstances of the crash, Birmingham Live reports.
The road remains closed while officers conduct their investigation.
Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from our Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This is a tragedy and our thoughts are with the family of this little boy. We have a family liaison officer supporting the family as they try to come to terms with what happened.
“We are in the early stages of our investigation and we are appealing for witnesses or for anyone with dashcam footage to please contact us. The driver is helping us with our enquiries.”
West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “Two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic and the Midland Air Ambulance from Tatenhill were sent to the junction of Boulton Walk and George Road yesterday following a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian.
"We received a call at 6.04pm and upon arrival found the pedestrian who was a child. He was assessed by ambulance staff and had sustained life threatening injuries.
"He received advanced life support at the scene which continued en route to Birmingham Children's Hospital where he was conveyed by land ambulance under blue light conditions where a medical team was on standby.”
People with information should contact Live Chat via our website or by calling 101 quoting log number 3290 of May 29 or emailing the team direct SCIU@westmidlands.police.uk.
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