A 10-YEAR-OLD child is currently in hospital after being hit by a car outside a Glasgow primary school. 

A 999 response was called to Wallacewell Primary in Robroyston before 9am this morning. 

The Glasgow Times understands that the boy had been on his way to class before he was knocked down by the vehicle. 

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A source said: "He was sitting up with a possible broken leg, he jumped out of his mum's car and onto the oncoming traffic and was hit."

The child has been taken to the Royal Hospital for Children for treatment to his injuries. 

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: " At 9am on Monday, August 22, we received a report of a 10-year-old boy having been hit by a car on Standburn Road in Glasgow.

“Officers attended and the boy has been taken to the Royal Hospital for Children.”