Child seriously injured after being hit by car
A child was hit by a car in Mansfield Road on Saturday
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A child has been seriously injured after being hit by a car in Derby.
Derbyshire Police said it happened in Mansfield Road, next to Chester Green playing fields, at about 13:30 BST on Saturday.
An air ambulance was called to the scene and the child was taken to hospital with injuries that are serious but "not thought to be life-threatening", the force added.
Mansfield Road was closed between the Coach & Horses pub and the roundabout at Prime Parkway, police said.
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