Welsh Ambulance and Gwent Police attending the scene on The Promenade. Picture: Ashley Meredith
AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl has been taken to hospital after being knocked down in Tredegar.
The girl was hit by a car on The Promenade just before 3pm.
The injuries are understood to not be life threatening.
Gwent Police and Welsh Ambulance attended the incident.
A spokesman for Gwent Police said: "At approximately 2.50pm on Wednesday, September 12, we received reports of a road traffic collision in The Promenade, Tredegar, involving a car and a pedestrian.
"A silver BMW had collided with an 11-year-old girl. Her injuries were not life threatening or life changing, and she was transported by ambulance to hospital. No arrests were made.
"Investigations are ongoing."
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