Appeal after 14-year-old cyclist left with 'serious and nasty' injuries following crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 14-year-old cyclist was left with serious injuries after being struck by a car.
Officers were called at 5pm on Thursday to Formby Lane in Aughton, at the junction with Greens Lane, after receiving reports of a crash between a cyclist and a Honda Jazz.
The boy on the bicycle was taken to hospital with head and ankle injuries.
His condition is serious but not life-threatening.
The driver of the Jazz stopped at the scene and was not injured.
Sgt Mick Belfield, of Lancashire Police’s Tactical Operations, said: “This collision has left a boy suffering some quite nasty injuries and my thoughts are with him and his family at this time.