A LITTLE boy has been left fighting for his life following a collision with a car.
Eyewitnesses say that the child, who is believed to be around five-years-old, was hit by a car while crossing the road outside Clifton Leisure Centre, in South Church Drive, on Tuesday July 29.
Tramworker Lee Kelshaw, 40 who is from Blackpool but is currently working in Clifton, said that he saw the horrifying scene unfold.
"A car was travelling up the hill and there were three kids all together, two had already crossed the road and then he went to go and the car hit him," he said.
Another witness, who did not wish to be named, said they heard the screech of car brakes.
The boy was rushed to Queen's Medical Centre with critical injuries, but tramworkers said they thought he was conscious and breathing when he was taken in the ambulance.
A witness said: "We arrived just before the ambulance left.
"[The boy] was possibly five or six, he was conscious when we got here but I don't know if he had been unconscious before.
"I was not at the scene, I just heard him crying a bit."
Three police cars, a police motorbike, an ambulance and a vehicle investigation unit attended the scene.
Officers were seen marking-up items which included children's clothing.
The police had been called at 1.25pm by East Midlands Ambulance Service, where they then closed the section of road between Clifton Leisure Centre and the Wilkinson's store, in Church Street Drive.
Following the collision staff from the leisure centre rushed to help the child.
A spokesman from Notttingham City Council said: "Staff inside the leisure centre reacted quickly to the incident, administered first aid and called an ambulance."
Police said the child had "serious injuries" and have appealed for anyone who saw what happened to get in touch. Call 101.
