POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a ten-year-old boy suffered a broken leg in an accident in Clitheroe.

The boy was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital with two fractures to his left leg after the collision involving a blue Ford Fiesta, in Henthorn Road, between Seedall Avenue and Faraday Avenue, at around 2.15pm on Thursday, June 3.

An investigation is underway. Officers are keen to speak to a woman who was driving a 4x4, following behind the Fiesta.