A seven-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in the early hours on a main road in Staffordshire, police have said.
Officers rushed to the collision between a car and a child on the A38 at the junction with the A5206 near Lichfield, at around 5am on Saturday.
The A38 was closed in both directions between the A5148 and A5 junctions for more than 10 hours while officers investigated.
The boy’s family have been informed and is being supported by specially trained officers.
A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: ‘Sadly, the child, a boy aged 7, died at the scene.
‘His family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.’
Officers rushed to the collision between a car and a child on A38 at the junction with the A5206 near Lichfield, at around 5am on Saturday
Staffordshire Police have since launched an appeal for witnesses to the crash as part of their investigation.
The spokesman continued: ‘We are keen to speak to anyone who was travelling in the area with any information or dashcam footage which could help collision investigators.
‘If you can help, please call us on 101, message us using LiveChat on our website or you can email the collision investigators directly on ciu@staffordshire.police.uk quoting incident number 109 of 7 March.’
