Boy left with broken bones after hit-and-run crash in Barnstaple
The boy was hit by the car and was left with a broken collar bone
A boy has been left with injuries after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run incident in Barnstaple.
Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were alerted to an incident taking place close to the roundabout on Victoria Road in the town at 5:30pm on October 23rd.
When responders arrived at the scene, they found that the boy had been hit by the car and had sustained a broken collar bone due to the incident.
The car involved in the collision, described as black and small, quickly left the scene in the wake of the crash.
It is believed that the man driving the car involved in the incident was a white man aged between 45 and 50.
Officers have already opened an investigation and spoken to several leads, but are now appealing to the public to help with their enquiries.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or stopped to help after the boy was struck, is being urged to get in touch.
Those who may have any relevant information is being asked to get in touch by calling 101 and quoting incident reference number 50260293763.