{"id":118152,"date":"2025-05-20T22:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/118152\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:10:11","slug":"girl-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-knocked-down-as-road-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/118152\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl rushed to hospital after being knocked down as road closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The girl was rushed to Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow for treatment after she was hit by a car in Irvine.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_irvine-a.png\" alt=\"Police have cordoned the road off following the collision\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police have cordoned the road off following the collision<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A young girl has been rushed to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/hospitals\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hospital Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">hospital <\/a>after she was hit by a car in Irvine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services raced to Middleton Road at around 5pm on Tuesday following reports of a serious crash involving a car and the young girl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She was taken to the Royal <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/hospitals\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Hospital Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Hospital <\/a>for Children in Glasgow for treatment. Her condition is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The driver of the car was uninjured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Middleton Road has been closed between Bensley Rise and Burns Crescent while police carry out investigations at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Drivers are being urged to avoid the area if possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Police Scotland statement read: \u201cMiddleton Road in Irvine is closed after a crash involving a car and an 11-year-old child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAround 5pm we received a report of a collision and the girl was taken to Royal <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/hospitals\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Hospital Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Hospital <\/a>for Children in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/glasgow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Glasgow Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow <\/a>for treatment. The driver of the car was not injured.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747398730_254_0_WACOMMUNITYQR3.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">You&#8217;ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">All you have to do is <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/BZamc48XMaoEqKkIN7GWxV\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">click here if you&#8217;re on mobile<\/strong><\/a>, select &#8216;Join Community&#8217; and you&#8217;re in!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If you&#8217;re on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click &#8216;Join Community&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose &#8216;exit group&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If you\u2019re curious, you can read our <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/privacy-notice\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe road is closed from Bensley Rise to Burns Crescent and road users should avoid the area if possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The girl was rushed to Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow for treatment after she was hit by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,389,918,4884,52856,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-118152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-children","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-irvine","13":"tag-police-scotland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114542452803644718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}