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Police search for witnesses after 8-year-old boy struck by vehicle while riding bike in Newmarket

A York Regional Police cruiser. File / Global News

York Regional Police are searching for witnesses after an eight-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle while he was out riding his bike on Thursday in Newmarket.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Poppy Lane and Sherman Brock for reports of a child struck at around 6:15 p.m.

Police said an eight-year-old boy was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Investigators said the driver of the 2020 black Lincoln Navigator remained on scene.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-866-876-5423 ext. 7704 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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