A two-year-old baby is in a critical situation in hospital after being hit by a van within the city of Irvine.
The teenager was strolling with a 25-year-old lady close to the doorway to a carpark on the Ayrshire city's Dickson Drive when he was struck by a Ford Transit van. The automobile was being pushed by a 56-year-old man who stopped on the scene following the incident at round 8.45pm on Thursday August 18.
Bystanders reportedly rushed over to assist the stricken baby and known as emergency providers. Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene and paramedics rapidly took the toddler to Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Youngsters - a part of the Queen Elizabeth College Hospital campus - for therapy.
Medics describe his situation as "critical". Posts on social media recommend that the world the place the incident occurred was cordoned off whereas police carried out enquiries.
Cops have now issued an attraction for info in a bid to grasp the circumstances. Officers are interesting to anybody who witnessed the incident, or might have captured it on a dashcam, to get in contact as quickly as potential.
Sergeant Chris Hoggans from the Street Policing Unit at Irvine stated: “Intensive enquiries are ongoing into the reason for this crash and I might attraction to any witnesses, or anybody with info who has not but spoken to police, to contact us. This can be a busy space and I'm conscious that various individuals stopped to help.
"I might urge anybody who was within the space shortly earlier than the crash, or anybody with dash-cam footage that will help our investigation to talk to officers. Anybody with any info ought to contact 101 with reference quantity 3449 of 18 August.”
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