Two-year-old boy dies after being hit by a car while inside broken down vehicle

A two-year-old boy has died and five people were seriously injured in a crash on a major A-road on Saturday evening.

Their car, a Toyota Auris, broke down on the A1 in Cambridgeshire at 6.20pm.

It was sitting in a lane on the northbound carriageway and was hit by a Volkswagen Touran near Stibbington Junction.

The boy, from London, was killed in the crash while five other people who were in the Toyota were rushed to Peterborough City Hospital.

The Volkswagen driver, a 64-year-old man from Peterborough, escaped with minor injuries.

He has since been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Cambridgeshire Police has called for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward. 

Sgt David Mcllwhan said in a statement: ‘Our thoughts are with the parents and family of this young child who has tragically lost his life in this collision.

‘The family is being supported by specialist family liaison officers.

‘I would appeal for anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage but was unable to stop at the scene to get in touch.’ 

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact the police online, quoting incident 401 of December 20. 

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