A teenager who ploughed a quad bike into a bus stop and knocked an eight-year-old boy off his bicycle is fighting for his life in hospital.

Police have confirmed the child was riding his bike when the fourwheeler mounted the pavement in Wickham Road, Shirley, on Monday afternoon.

The 16-year-old was taken to a south London hospital and is being treated for life-threating injuries.

YESTERDAY: Child and teenage boy taken to hospital following crash in Wickham Road

The eight-year-old child, who was also injured in the crash at about 3.50pm, suffered minor injuries and was also taken to hospital.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Police were called at around 3.50pm on Monday, January 2, to a report of a collision between a quad bike and a pedestrian at Cheston Avenue junction with Wickham Road, Shirley.

“Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service.

“The 16-year-old male rider was injured at the location and taken to a south London hospital where he remains. His injuries are being treated as life threatening.

“The pedestrian, an eight-year-old boy, was also taken to a south London hospital with minor injuries.

“Officers from the Serious Collisions Investigations Unit are investigating.”

A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 3.54pm on Monday, January 2, to reports of a road traffic collision in Wickham Road, Croydon.

“An ambulance crew was sent to the scene that arrived in under one minute.

“A teenage boy at the scene was taken as a priority to a hospital in south London.

“A second patient, a child, was also taken to hospital.”

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