An 11-year-old boy has been injured after being struck by a van in Dundee.
Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the incident on Charleston Drive around at about 3.30pm.
Emergency services are currently in attendance.
No further details of the boy’s condition are currently available.
Charleston Drive has been closed between Spey Drive and Earn Crescent.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We received a call at 3.28pm to attend a road traffic incident at Charleston Drive, Dundee.
“We dispatched a trauma team, a paramedic response unit and an ambulance crew to the scene and we transported a child under-10 to Ninewells Hospital.”
One witness said: “I just saw a figure on the ground underneath the wheels.
“I wasn’t sure if they had collapsed or if they had been hit. It didn’t look like they were moving.
“There quite a big presence in terms of emergency services.”
Firefighters used lifting equipment to free the child from under the van.
A fire and rescue spokeswoman said: “We were called out to it along with the police and ambulance, we received the call at 3.34pm.
“We had two appliances from Macalpine Road. We used lifting equipment.”
Police officers remain on the scene.
Tayside Police Division posted: “Charleston Drive is currently closed between Spey Drive and Earn Crescent due to an RTC. Local diversions are in place but try and avoid the area if you can.”
Bus company Xplore Dundee said services were being diverted away from the area.
⚠️ Due to a RTC on Charleston Drive (near Spey Drive), services to/from Ninewells Hospital are following emergency diversions via Ninewells Avenue and Tom MacDonald Avenue.
Service 22 will NOT serve Dickson Avenue until further notice, but service 17 will.
— Xplore Dundee (@XploreDundee) March 25, 2019
