A 10-year-old boy was taken to hospital this afternoon after riding his bike into a lamppost.

An ambulance crew was called to Grand Drive in Raynes Park at about 3.40pm.

A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the boy sustained head injuries and was taken to St Helier Hospital in Sutton.

The spokeswoman said: “We were called just before 3.40pm to reports of a road traffic collision on Grand Drive, Raynes Park.

"We sent one ambulance crew to the scene. Our staff treated a boy with a head injury and took him to St Helier Hospital.”