Carrickfergus: Teenage boy in hospital after being hit by car

Victoria Rise has reopened

A teenage boy has been seriously injured after being struck by a car close to a County Antrim school on Monday.

The ambulance service said it was called at 08:19 BST to a collision near Ulidia Integrated College, on Victoria Rise, Carrickfergus.

An ambulance and the air ambulance were sent to the scene and the teenager was taken to hospital, police said.

Sgt Dalton added that the police investigation has just begun.

Police appealed for information and dash-cam footage of the incident.

Victoria Rise has now reopened to motorists.

Alliance PArty assembly member Stewart Dickson said his thoughts and prayers were with the boy.

"There are ongoing issues in this area in terms of traffic and things like that which we have been trying to tackle," he said.

"But the thing today is to express concern for the young person, particularly for the students that also were walking past and saw this accident this morning."