A 13-YEAR-OLD girl has suffered head injuries after being hit by a car in Blackburn.

The child was involved in a collision with the side of a BMW 1 Series on Brookfield Street at around 6:40pm last night.

She was taken to Manchester Children’s Hospital with head injuries where she remains.

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Her injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

PS 3610 John Jennings-Wharton of the Road Policing Unit said: “I would urge anyone that may have witnessed the collision to get in touch with us and help us with our enquiries so we can establish exactly how it came to occur.”

Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting log number 1265 of July 5th.