Boys arrested after crash injures girl, 6, in Northampton Published duration 15 February 2019

image caption The car hit a tree in Croftmeadow Court

Two boys, aged 12 and 13, have been arrested after a six-year-old girl was hurt in a car crash.

The girl was a passenger in the car which hit a tree in Croftmeadow Court, Northampton, at 16:40 GMT on Thursday.

The boys were arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and and failing to stop.

Northamptonshire Police said the girl was taken to Northampton General Hospital with minor injuries.

A spokeswoman for East Midlands Ambulance Service said crews were called to reports of a "road traffic collision".

"We sent a medical first responder, a paramedic in an ambulance car, a crewed ambulance and the air ambulance. We transported one patient to Northampton General Hospital," she said.

image caption Tyre tracks can be seen next to the tree where the crash is believed to have happened

Tyre tracks and the aftermath of a small fire can be seen next to a tree on the street where the crash is believed to have happened.

A woman, who lives in the area, said: "It's scary to think of two lads that young in a car doing something like that round here."

Another resident described it as a "fairly quiet" area.