A TODDLER has been hit by a police car as the force is appealing for information.

North Wales Police confirmed that at 3.30pm on Friday a road traffic collision was reported on Ffordd Llanerch in Pen-y-Cae, involving a police vehicle and a pedestrian who was a two-year-old child.

Colleagues from the Welsh Ambulance Service were also in attendance at the incident and the child has been taken to hospital.

PC Kelly Ellis said: "We are appealing to anybody who was in the area or may have witnessed the collision that occurred at approximately 3.30pm to contact us.

"We ask that people avoid the area for the time being while officers carry out investigations at the scene.

"Witnesses or anybody with information or dash cam footage that could assist the investigation are asked to contact North Wales Police on 101 quoting incident Z148033."