An eight-year-old child was taken to hospital this morning after being hit by a car on a busy road in East Kilbride.
Emergency services were called to the junction of Murrayhill and Westwood Road shortly after 9am.
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Police and two ambulances attended and the child was treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to University Hospital Hairmyres.
A police spokesman said: "Officers were called to an incident involving an eight-year-old child shortly after 9am.
"The child was struck by a car but didn't sustain serious injuries and was taken to hospital by ambulance to be checked by doctors."
