Boy,4, hit by flare fighting for life.A FOUR-year-old boy was still fighting for life in hospital yesterday after being hit by a distress flare while walking with his family. Police said the flare appeared to have been set off horizontally rather than vertically in an "horrific incident" as the young boy, who has not been named, walked with his mother, father and baby sister in Romford, Essex. He was taken to Queens Hospital, Romford, then transferred later to a central London The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no such conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London". hospital, where his condition was described as critical but stable. Police were called by the London Ambulance Service The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) is the largest ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients for its services. It responds to medical emergencies in London, UK with the 400 ambulances [1] at its disposal. , which initially believed the boy had been struck by a firework. But forensic officers found the remains of a hand-held parachute-assisted rocket flare close to where the incident happened in Chatteris Avenue, Harold Hill Harold Hill is also the name of a fictional character in the musical The Music Man Coordinates: Harold Hill is a place in the London Borough of Havering, East London, England. It is a suburban development situated 16.6 miles (26. , shortly after 3.30pm on Saturday. Detectives want to trace a young black boy who was asking about the boy's condition at the scene before police arrived and a woman driver who gave first aid to the boy and offered to take him to hospital. The boy is understood to have suffered severe internal injuries. |
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