A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was taken to hospital after a collision with a car on a busy commuter route in Sherwood yesterday morning.
The boy was taken to Queen's Medical Centre after the accident, on the junction between Edwards Lane, Magnus Road and Mansfield Road, outside the Sherwood Manor pub, at around 8.50am.
Police said the boy, who goes to Seely Infants' and Nursery School in Penny Road, did not suffer life-threatening or life-altering injuries.
Al Brown, owner of Brownies Café in Mansfield Road, said: "We heard the scream inside the cafe. When I got outside he was lying on the floor, surrounded by people.
"The driver must have been really shaken up as well. We were listening to the radio all day to make sure the boy wasn't badly hurt. When we saw him going off to in the ambulance, we didn't know what to think."
An eyewitness, whose children also attend Seely Infants' and Nursery, said: "My heart goes out to the mother and the driver. It could have happened to anybody, especially at that time in the morning when everybody's rushing around."
She said traffic was brought to a halt for half an hour, adding: "It was gridlocked. The buses were all the way down to Edwards Lane. I'm just glad the driver wasn't going too fast, it could have been a lot worse."
Residential roads in Sherwood have had their speed limits reduced from 30mph to 20mph four weeks ago.
Bu the new scheme does not include Magnus Road or Mansfield Road.
Helen Fretwell, 70, of Danethorpe Vale, which overlooks the junction where the accident happened, said: "It's a good job they put the measures in place – we used to have people flying up this road."
A police spokesman said that no offence had been committed by the driver of the car.
