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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Middleton

Boy, 2, suffers serious injuries after car hits nursery school playground

The incident took place on Vale Road in the Whitby area of Ellesmere Port (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

A two-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a car crashed into a nursery school playground, police said.

A 63-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a car drove through a fence and into the playground of the school on Vale Road in the Whitby area of Ellesmere Port at around 9.54am on Monday, Cheshire Constabulary said.

Police and the North West Ambulance Service attended and the boy was taken to hospital with “what are thought to be serious injuries”.

His next of kin have been made aware, the force said.

Two other children sustained minor injuries in the crash.

A Cheshire Constabulary spokesperson said: “Officers are currently on scene and are conducting a number of inquiries to fully establish the circumstances of what is believed to be an isolated incident.”

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