Boy, 2, suffers serious injuries after car hits nursery school playground

15 Jun 2026 • 9:11 PM MYT
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Boy, 2, suffers serious injuries after car hits nursery school playground

A two-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a car crashed into a nursery school playground, police said.

A 63-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a car drove through a fence and into the playground of the school on Vale Road in the Whitby area of Ellesmere Port at around 9.54am on Monday, Cheshire Constabulary said.

Police and the North West Ambulance Service attended and the boy was taken to hospital with “what are thought to be serious injuries”.

His next of kin have been made aware, the force said.

Two other children sustained minor injuries in the crash.

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