A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was hit by an SUV in Attard on Sunday

The police said the accident happened at 11.30am when he was hit by a Toyota RAV4.

He was jogging on the pavement at Triq it-Torba at the time and was hit by the vehicle's mirror, suffering fractures.

The boy was rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

The driver of the vehicle, a 43-year-old man from Marsascala, was unhurt.

Correction: An earlier report mistakenly said the boy was crossing the road. 

 

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