Four-year-old girl hit by car in Harehills, Leeds, as resident rushes out after 'hearing screaming'
By Charles Gray
Published 29th Jan 2026, 17:21 BST
There was shock in a Leeds suburb after a four-year-old girl was hit by a car.
At 12.14pm yesterday (Wednesday), police called to reports of a collision involving a the child and a car on Dorset Avenue in Harehills.
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West Yorkshire Police have said that the girl was taken to hospital and her injuries were found “not to be life-changing or life-threatening”.
A nearby business owner said that he ran outside after he “heard some screaming” and said that there was “a lot of people” responding to the incident.
He said that police arrived and taped the road off for between around an hour.