Boy, 5, in critical condition after Maryport crash

The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. Credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Archive/PA Images.

A five-year-old pedestrian is in a critical condition after a crash in Maryport.

The crash happened at about 4.35pm yesterday on Ennerdale Road and involved the boy and a black BMW.

The boy was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle where his condition is described as critical but stable.

The driver of the BMW, a 35-year-old woman from Maryport, was uninjured.

Police closed the road to allow a forensic collision investigation to take place.

Officers are appealing for anyone with information about the crash to report it online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report- it, quoting incident number 160 of May 7.

Alternatively, call 101.

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