An eight-year-old boy has been injured in a bus crash.
He was hit by a Bluestar bus on Waterloo Road earlier this afternoon.
A woman in her 40s was also injured.
READ MORE: Road closed after bus crash - Police and ambulance at the scene
Police were called out to the crash near the junction with Varna Road just before 4.20pm.
A police spokesperson said: “We were called at 4.18pm to Waterloo Road, Southampton, to a collision involving a bus and two pedestrians: an eight-year-old boy and a woman in her 40s. Both pedestrians sustained injuries.
“We remain at the scene.”
A part of the road was closed but has since reopened.
No details of the injuries have been revealed.
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