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A 10-year-old boy was left in a serious condition in hospital after being struck in an apparent hit and run outside Bow Road station.
Police were called and the London Air Ambulance scrambled this morning after the child was hit while crossing the road.
The car involved didn't stop at the scene and was found abandoned by officers nearby, police said.
The boy was treated at the scene for a head injury and rushed to an east London hospital.
His injuries are believed to be life-changing.
An 18-year-old man was arrested shortly after at an address in Tower Hamlets.
A police spokesman said: "Police were called at 08:13am on Friday November 25 to Bow Road, Tower Hamlets, to reports of a road traffic collision.
"It was reported that a vehicle had been in collision with a child pedestrian.
"The injuries are believed to be life-threatening.
"Local road closures are in place while emergency services are at the scene."
A LAS spokeswoman added: “We sent an ambulance crew, a single responder in a car and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
“We treated a boy at the scene for a head injury and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre in east London.”
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