Boy, 3, left cut, bruised and with a broken bone after 'incident' involving Audi in Grangetown

The boy was injured as he crossed the road outside Heron Foods on Birchington Avenue. Credit: Google

A three-year-old boy suffered a broken bone and was left cut and bruised following an incident involving an Audi A3 in Middlesbrough.

The child was crossing the road with his mother outside Heron Foods, on Birchington Avenue, in Grangetown, at 9.15am on Monday (13 May) when he was injured.

Cleveland Police said the boy fell to the ground and suffered cuts and bruises to his arms and legs.

He attended James Cook University Hospital where it was confirmed a bone in his foot had been broken.

The force confirmed on Wednesday 15 May that inquiries were continuing.

Anyone with information should call Cleveland Police on 101 and quote reference number 088505.

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