A schoolboy has been taken to hospital after the air ambulance was called to a crash in Ipswich. 

Emergency services were called to reports of a crash involving a pedestrian in Paul's Road at about 3.25pm on Tuesday. 

A spokeswoman for Suffolk police said the crash involved a black BMW and a schoolboy. 

The air ambulance was also called.

The boy suffered injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing said the spokeswoman.

He was taken to Ipswich Hospital as a precaution. 

The road was closed while emergency services attended the crash. 

It reopened at 4.25pm.