A nine-year-old boy was in collision with a car near an Ipswich school earlier today.

A spokesman for Suffolk police said they were called at 3.25pm to Waterford Road after reports of the incident near Whitehouse Community Primary School.

The spokesman said a nine-year-old boy had sustained minor leg injuries.

The East of England Ambulance service said they sent one ambulance crew to the incident and the boy was then taken to Ipswich Hospital for further care.