Air ambulance takes girl to hospital after accident on Casterton Road, Stamford

A girl has been taken to hospital after being involved in a road accident.

Police were called at about 4pm on Saturday (August 31) to reports of a crash involving a nine-year-old girl on a bike and a car on Casterton Road, Stamford.

The girl was airlifted to hospital in Nottingham, where she is said to be in a stable condition.

The driver of the car was not injured.

Casterton Road was closed between the Arran Road junction in Stamford and the Old Great North Road, Great Casterton..

Anyone with information about the incident should contact Leicestershire Police on 101 quoting incident 515 of August 31.