A teenager was taken to hospital after being hit by a bus this morning.
Emergency services attended Queens Road in Southport following reports of a collision on Hawkshead Street at around 8.20am.
Merseyside Police said the fifteen-year-old boy, who was on a bicycle at the time, is believed to have suffered minor injuries and was taken to Alder Hey as a precaution.
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Travel monitoring site Inrix says Queens Road has now cleared, after being partially blocked due to the accident on Hawkshead Street, and that traffic is coping well.
North West Ambulance Service confirmed a teenage boy was taken to hospital, and that he appears to have been riding a bike at the time of the collision.
Their spokeswoman told the ECHO they were called to Queens Road at 8.14am
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