A YOUNG boy has been taken to hospital following a road traffic collision in Eastwood Drive, Colchester.

Part of the road was closed off and three ambulances and a number of police vehicles were sent to the scene around 8.30am today.

It is understood the collision involved the child and a car.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said: "We were called to Eastwood Drive at about 8.37am after reports of a road traffic collision.

"We sent two ambulances and an ambulance officer who treated a young boy with suspected back injuries."

The child was taken to Colchester General Hospital.

The road re-opened around 9.20am.

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