A child has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car this morning.

Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 8.36am to reports of a collision at Purley Way, near the junction with Waddon Road, Croydon.

Officers, the LAS and London’s Air Ambulance attended and found a car had collided with a 10-year-old.

The driver of the car stopped at the scene.

The child has been taken to a south London hospital and his his injuries are not being treated as life-threatening.

No arrests have been made.