{"id":6541,"date":"2026-05-03T21:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:57:19","slug":"five-year-old-boy-seriously-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-in-scunthorpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=6541&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Five-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured After Being Hit by Car in Scunthorpe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A five-year-old boy has sustained serious injuries after reportedly being struck by a car while playing in the street, police have confirmed.<\/p>\n<h3>Incident Details Emerge in Scunthorpe Collision<\/h3>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the Elizabeth Street area of Scunthorpe shortly after 2:00 PM BST on Saturday, following reports of a road traffic collision involving a child.<\/p>\n<h3>Police Appeal for Witnesses and Dashcam Footage<\/h3>\n<p>Humberside Police are actively seeking information regarding the incident. Authorities are particularly keen to speak with the driver of an **ice cream van** that was seen in the area at the time, believing they may have witnessed the collision and could provide vital assistance to the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The police force has also urged anyone else who was in the vicinity at the time or possesses **dashcam footage** relevant to the incident to come forward and make contact.<\/p>\n<p>#ScunthorpeIncident #RoadSafety #ChildSafety #PoliceAppeal #WitnessAppeal #CarCollision #HumbersidePolice #ElizabethStreet #SeriousInjury #CommunitySafety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A five-year-old boy has sustained serious injuries after reportedly being struck by a car while playing in the street, police have confirmed. Incident Details Emerge in Scunthorpe Collision Emergency services were called to the Elizabeth Street area of Scunthorpe shortly after 2:00 PM BST on Saturday, following reports of a road traffic collision involving a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}