A young boy has been taken to hospital with a head injury after hitting a car as he rode his bike out of a junction in Mirfield.
Police were called to West Royd Avenue at 11.43am to reports of a road accident.
Residents say the Year 8 boy, aged 11 to 12, of Castle Hall Academy, came out of West Royd Drive at its junction with West Royd Avenue without looking and hit a silver-coloured Chevrolet Spark+ being driven by a female carer.
The air ambulance landed in Knowl Park but was not needed as medics decided to take the still-conscious boy by road ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary.
Janet Knowles, who lives on West Royd Avenue, close to where the accident happened, said she saw the collision. She said: “Unless you look before you turn it’s a bit of a blind corner.”
Another resident who didn’t want to be named, added: “He landed on the bonnet and had a large bump on his head as well as pains across his chest.”
