AN eight-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with suspected head injuries after falling off his bike in Colne.

Emergency services were alerted just before 10am when the child came off his bike in the vicinity of Keighley Avenue and Talbot Street, on the North Valley estate.

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A Lancashire Police spokesman said they were alerted to the incident by the ambulance service.

“There was the possibility that the boy had head injuries,” said the spokesman.

A spokesman for the North West Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed that an ambulance and rapid response vehicle were sent to the scene.

The boy was taken to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital for treatment.