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Boy hit by skip lorry left with serious injuries

Mick Hicks-Piddington Emergency service vehicles are park on a closed road, with police tape blocking access. There is an ambulance in the distance and four police cars, and pedestrians look on.Mick Hicks-Piddington
A boy was struck by a DAF skip lorry on Tuesday morning

A 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was struck by a skip lorry.

It happened on High Road in Broxbourne shortly after 08:15 BST on Tuesday, Hertfordshire Police said.

The crash happened when pupils and parents would have been making their way to a nearby school, said Sgt Luke Jenkins.

Anyone who saw the incident, which happened at the junction with Couzens Lane East, or has a video recording of it, has been asked to contact police.

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