A 10-YEAR-OLD boy is in a serious condition after being hit by a bus as he crossed a road.

The London Ambulance Service was called at 8.35pm to reports of a road traffic accident involving a bus and a pedestrian.

A spokesman said: “Staff treated a 10-year-old boy who was conscious and breathing. He was taken as a priority to Kings College Hospital.”

The boy was his by the 356 bus travelling towards Shirley on the corner of Perry Vale and Wynell Road in Forest Hill.