Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 15:35 GMT 16:35 UK
Boy's leg is broken in car crash
An eight-year-old boy sustained a broken leg when he was hit by a car in Rowley Regis on Tuesday afternoon, the ambulance service said.
Crews treated the boy at the scene in Kinnersley Crescent, Birchfield, before taking him to hospital.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "The child was given pain relief treatment to allow the injury to be immobilised."
The boy was taken to Sandwell and District Hospital for treatment.
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