Portadown: child taken to hospital following town centre collision
A child was taken to hospital following an incident involving a vehicle in Portadown town centre on Monday, police have confirmed.
Images posted online appear to show a vehicle had mounted the pavement on High Street outside JR McMahon’s menswear shop.
Police said they received a report of a collision just after 2.45pm.
"A child, a pedestrian in the area, has been brought to hospital as a precaution but at this stage, it isn't believed that anyone has been seriously injured,” a PSNI spokesperson said.
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) confirmed two emergency ambulances and a rapid response paramedic were tasked to the scene.
"Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, two people were taken to Craigavon Area Hospital by ambulance,” a spokesperson for NIAS said.