A schoolboy is fighting for his life after he was hit by a bus.
The teenage student has been left with life-threatening issues following the crash on his way in to Queen Katherine Academy, Peterborough on Monday morning.
The bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Police officers and the East of England Ambulance Service, as well as a response car from the Magpas Air Ambulance, attended the scene of the collision near a Shell garage on the A15, before the boy was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police told Cambridge Live: ‘We were called at about 8.20am today (23 June) with reports of a collision between a bus and a pedestrian on the A15 Werrington Parkway, Peterborough.
‘Emergency services attended and the pedestrian has been taken to Addenbrooke’s hospital with life-threatening injuries.
‘The driver of the bus has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.’
A spokesperson for Queen Katharine Academy said: ‘We are shocked and saddened to learn that one of our students was seriously injured after they were hit by a bus near to the Shell Garage on the A15/Lincoln Road on their way to school this morning.
‘They have been taken to hospital and are being treated for serious, life-threatening injuries.
‘We are in close contact with them and their family. I know that our whole school community will be thinking of them and wishing them the very best.
‘We know that students may have seen the incident take place. We have spoken to students today to make sure they know how to find support if they witnessed or have been affected by the incident.