A YOUNG child, who was hit by a van after falling from a car and colliding with it outside of a McDonald’s, is in critical condition.

The three-year-old child was riding in a car close to a Merseyside shopping center when the horrific incident occurred.

She is claimed to have fallen out of the automobile before being fatally struck by a van, which immediately stopped.

Police responded quickly to the incident and detained the 37-year-old female driver of the automobile on suspicion of drug-related driving and child protection-related offenses.

The child was hurried to the hospital, where she is still battling for her life.

Upon learning of a serious traffic accident in Wirral this afternoon, Merseyside Police’s Roads Policing Unit officers detained a 37-year-old Leasowe resident.

On Welton Road in Bromborough, close to McDonald’s, at around 4.10 p.m., a silver van struck a three-year-old child who was getting out of a Nissan Qashqai.

“The youngster was injured severely and was transported to the hospital; she is still critically ill but stable.

A woman, 37, from Leasowe, Wirral, was detained on suspicion of drugged driving and in connection with violations involving child protection.

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