A four-year-old boy has been “hit by a car” outside a West Hampstead primary school.

Police were called to the crash near Kingsgate Primary School in Liddell Place at around 3.40pm yesterday afternoon (March 13).

A four-year-old boy was subsequently rushed to hospital by London Ambulance Service.

A police spokesperson has confirmed that the boy’s injuries are not life-threatening.

They added that there have been no arrests and that police enquiries continue.

A London Ambulance spokesperson said: “We were called at 3.34pm today (March 13) to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a child.

"We treated a child at the scene and took them to hospital.”