A nine-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being knocked down by a car in Paddock Wood.

He was badly hurt when he was struck by a Peugeot 206 yesterday afternoon.

Police attended the scene, close to the Esso petrol station in Maidstone Road, shortly before 4pm.

The Kent Air Ambulance also attended along with crews from South East Coast Ambulance Service.

The boy was taken to King's College Hospital with head, leg and chest injuries by road.

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