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Shauna Corr

Boy, 4, rushed to hospital after collision with motorcyclist in Newtownards, Co Down

A four-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after a horror crash in Newtownards, Co Down.

The child was involved in a collision with a motorcyclist just before 5pm yesterday.

An air ambulance team touched down in the Lawnbrook Drive area of the town as a crowd watched on, Belfast Live reports.

A spokesperson for Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said they "received a 999 call at 16:42 on Wednesday 24 April following reports that a four-year-old male child had been knocked down in the Lawnbrook Drive area of Newtownards".

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They added: "NIAS dispatched a Rapid Response Paramedic, an Emergency Crew and a doctor to the scene. The Charity Air Ambulance, with a HEMS crew on board, was also tasked to the incident.

"Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, the patient was taken by ambulance to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children."

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