A schoolboy has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Aberdeen.
The nine-year-old suffered a facial injury in the incident in Netherhills Avenue, Bucksburn.
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 3.20pm and the road was briefly blocked. It has reopened.
A police spokesman said: “At around 3.25pm, police were called to a collision between a car and a nine-year-old boy.
“The child has been taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where medics describe his condition as stable.
“He has a slight facial injury and has been taken to hospital as a precaution.”
An ambulance spokeswoman added: “We received a call at 3.15pm to attend a pedestrian road traffic collision on Netherhills Avenue, Bucksburn, Aberdeen.
“An ambulance, a paramedic response unit and the trauma team attended and a patient was taken to Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.”
Boy, 9, taken to hospital after being hit by car in Aberdeen
