‘Small schoolboy’ suffers major trauma injuries after being struck on busy Wigan road
Emergency services rushed to the scene of a road crash involving a “small schoolboy” in Wigan during this morning’s rush hour.
Police and North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) were called to Ormskirk Road in Pemberton at around 8.21am to reports of a road traffic collision.
Concerned passers-by also took to social media, after reporting “loads of police and paramedics” at the scene.
One described “a small schoolboy” lying in the road, with a cordon up outside the Lidl store.
Another said: “Had to divert through Norley earlier...I wondered what had happened. Police tape all across the road.”
A spokesperson for NWAS said: “We were called to reports of an RTC involving a pedestrian at 08.21.
"A boy received treatment at the scene before being transported to hospital for treatment of major-trauma related injuries.”
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were also approached for comment following the road traffic collision this morning. Emergency services have now left the scene.