Appeal for witnesses following collision in Rugeley

A nine-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital after a collision in Rugeley yesterday afternoon (Monday 31 August).

Emergency services were called to Rugeley Bus Station on Elmore Lane at 2.20pm to reports of a collision between a pedestrian and a white Mercedes Vito van.

The boy, from Rugeley, received leg injuries and was taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital by air ambulance.

The driver of the van, a 57-year-old man and the passenger, a 60-year-old woman, were uninjured. Both were from the Bradford area.

Anyone with any information should message Staffordshire Police on Facebook or Twitter quoting incident number 362 of 31 August, call 101 or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.