MERSEYSIDE

 A teenage boy was taken to hospital with serious head injuries and roads were closed for several hours after a crash involving a scooter and a taxi last night.

Today Merseyside Police confirmed the 17-year-old rider of the scooter was taken to hospital after the collision at around 10.15pm in Old Swan.

Emergency services were called to to Prescot Road following the crash near to the junction with St Oswald's Street.

The driver of the taxi stopped at the scene and is assisting officers.

A witness appeal is now underway with police confirming the boy on the scooter suffered "serious head injuries".

Prescot Road was closed between St Oswald's Street and Queens Drive.

Just before 6am police tweeted to say the closures had been lifted.

A Merseyside Police spokesman said: "Officers from our Roads Policing Unit are appealing for witnesses to serious road traffic collision in Old Swan.

"At around 10.15pm (on Sunday), emergency services were called to Prescot Road near to the junction with St Oswald's Street following a road traffic collision involving a scooter and a taxi.

"The 17-year-old rider of the scooter, who has suffered serious head injuries, has been taken to hospital."

Witness and CCTV enquiries remain ongoing, police said.

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