Hospital treatment for girl, eight, hit by car

This generic photo shows Mount Pleasant Road running from the bottom right to around the middle of the image. Houses are to the left and right of the street and there is a junction with another road at the bottom of the photo.

The collision happened on Mount Pleasant Road (generic image above) in Shrewsbury on Thursday

An eight-year-old girl needed hospital treatment, after being hit by a car in Shropshire.

She was struck by a blue Citroën Picasso on Mount Pleasant Road in Shrewsbury at about 17:20 BST on Thursday.

The pedestrian suffered injuries to her arm in the collision near to the junction with Whitemere Road and attended hospital.

West Mercia Police said officers would like to see any dashcam footage of the incident or speak to any witnesses.

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