Red Lexus hit tree on A47 at Soke Parkway, Peterborough

The crash took place on the A47 in Peterborough. <i>(Image: Google Street View)</i>
The crash took place on the A47 in Peterborough. (Image: Google Street View)
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A five-year-old boy has been hospitalised with serious injuries after a car hit a tree in Peterborough.

Officers and paramedics were called to the westbound carriageway of the A47, Soke Parkway, junction 17 at around 3.40pm yesterday (October 20).

A red Lexus 220D had left the road and hit a tree.

A boy, from Peterborough, was taken to Peterborough City Hospital and then Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, with serious injuries.


Two adults in the car, a 38-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, both from Peterborough, suffered minor injuries.

There were no other vehicles involved.

Anyone who saw what happened or has dashcam footage should use reference incident 291 of 20 October and report it through the force website.

Anyone without internet access should call 101.

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