Police have issued an update on two schoolgirls who were rushed to hospital after being hit by a car.
Emergency services were called to Poulton Road in Wallasey at around 5.25pm on Sunday (October 2), after a Honda V-Tec crashed into two 12-year-old girls. The road was closed in both directions and people were asked to avoid the area while emergency services worked at the scene.
Children were seen in tears after one of the girls was "thrown into the air" while crossing the road. The girls are believed to have been with a group of friends when they were struck near the junction with Eastcroft Road.
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Merseyside Police said the driver is assisting with enquiries. Both girls are reported to have been taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in separate ambulances.
And now police have confirmed the girls are in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital. A passer-by, who was first on the scene, was getting out of her car when she saw the aftermath of the incident unfold.
She told the ECHO: "I was getting out of my own car, I heard a thud and as I turned around I saw a girl in the air. I didn't see the impact I just heard it, but when I turned I saw her in the road. The little girl who got hit second stood up but just collapsed."
The woman, who works as an assistant health practitioner, ran over to the two girls, who she described as being conscious, with one more badly injured than the other.
She said the driver of the car stopped at the scene and immediately phoned for an ambulance. As she attended to one of the girls, another witness looked after the other.
She said: "I checked the first girl, she was conscious, in a lot of pain but conscious. The other girl was in a worse way so I knew that's who I needed to pay attention to. I just talked to her and told her to keep her eyes open and focus on me.
"I tried to make her laugh. I could see she was going into shock so my friend upstairs grabbed a blanket and threw them over her, and my neighbour got cushions to put behind her - she was already sat up."
Another woman, who lives in the area, said: “It’s scary when it’s so close to home, it’s not nice to think about.”
Anyone with information or who witnessed/captured the incident is asked to contact @MerPolCC with reference 696.
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