Police appeal after boy, 11, seriously injured on Stanningley Bypass

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision involving a car and pedestrian on the Stanningley Bypass on Thursday (20 February).

Officers were called to the scene of the collision, close to Richardshaw Lane, at 3.53pm.  

An 11-year-old boy who was crossing the road was hit by a silver-coloured Skoda Octavia car.  

The boy was taken to hospital with what were initially believed to be life-threatening injuries. He remains in hospital where his injuries are described as serious but no longer life threatening.  

Officers from West Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit are appealing for anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have video footage of it or the circumstances leading up to it to come forward.  

Contact West Yorkshire Police by calling 101 or go online at quoting reference 13250099619.