A young girl was rushed to hospital with head injuries after being hit by a car at a busy East Finchley junction yesterday afternoon. The police and ambulance service both attended, with a spokesperson for London Ambulance Service confirming a child had been taken to hospital.

They said: “We were called at 3:23pm yesterday (24 January) to reports of a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian on High Road, East Finchley.

“We sent an ambulance crew and two single responders in cars to the scene. We treated a child at the scene for a head injuries and took her to hospital as a priority.”

It is thought the child was crossing at a set of traffic lights at the point where High Road meets East End Road.

Did you see the accident? Contact Sam on the newsdesk on 02074330120 or Sam.Volpe@Archant.co.uk