Boy, 8, riding toy scooter seriously injured in hit-and-run crash

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Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter A boy, 8, has been left seriously injured by a hit-and-run crash.

Police are appealing for information after the eight-year-old was struck while riding a toy scooter. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Newchurch Road, in Bacup near Bury, at around 6.35pm yesterday (June 24) to reports the child had been hit by a grey BMW while on a crossing.

The driver of the BMW failed to stop at the scene. READ MORE:Man, 34, planned to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in a McDonald's toilet - in sick texts he said: "I want to f*** a schoolgirl" The boy, who is from Bacup, was taken to Manchester Children’s Hospital with serious head injuries.