Child in critical condition after 'hit and run' in Bristol

by · Mail Online

A child has been rushed to hospital with 'life-threatening injuries' following an apparent 'hit and run'.

Officers were called to the scene in Bristol today after receiving reports that a BMW car had left the road and 'collided with a child'.

Police have launched an appeal and are hunting for a man and a woman in connection with the incident. 

The passengers of the vehicle are believed to have 'fled on foot' and enquiries to confirm their identities are ongoing. 

The pair are described as a man and a woman, both of whom are white. 

The man had short dark coloured hair and was wearing a grey puffer jacket, light-coloured trousers and white trainers. 

The woman had blonde hair and was wearing a black puffer coat, blue jeans and light-coloured shoes. 

Officers attended alongside the ambulance and fire services and remain at the scene. 

Police are hunting for a man and a woman after a hit and run left a child in a critical condition in Bristol. Pictured: Emergency services at the scene of the collision  
Officers were called to the scene in Bristol today after receiving reports that a BMW car had left the road and 'collided with a child'. Here is another image which shows emergency services attending the scene in Long Cross
 Pictured:  A street view of the road in Long Cross, Bristol 

The child was rushed to hospital in a critical condition. 

An appeal by Avon and Somerset Police read: 'We were called at 1.51pm today (17 November) to a report that a BMW car had left the road in Long Cross, near its junction with Kings Weston Road, and collided with a child. 

'It was also reported that the two occupants of the car had subsequently left the scene.'