A van that killed a five-year-old school boy had mounted the pavement to use an unauthorised entry to a makeshift car park. 

Lennon Toland, 5, from Tollcross, had been picking up stones with his dad on the way home from school when he was killed by a van on Dalness Street in Glasgow's east end. 

The vehicle owned by Welding Engineers had been gaining entry to an unauthorised site near the firm's offices by crossing the pavement where Lennon was killed.

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Lennon's grandad Brian Toland told the Daily Record: “If Lennon had run out on the road and been knocked down that would be one thing, but he didn’t.

“The wee boy and his dad were doing everything right. Every kid knows you run along the pavement but if you get to a road, you stop and wait for mum or dad.

“The pavement is supposed to be a safe place. If there had been a proper kerb at that point and a road into that piece of land, Lennon would have stopped at it.”

Well-wishers have raised over £8,000 for funeral costs for the p1 pupil. 

A crowdfunding page created by the schoolboy's cousin Ross Clift had been inundated with donations and tributes. 

A spokesperson for Police Scotland confirmed that enquiries are still continuing into the incident.

Sergeant Jackie Dunbar said following the incident: "It would appear that the boy, a pupil at St Paul's (Shettleston) Primary School on Anwoth Street, Glasgow, was struck by the van, which had come in to Dalness Street from Tollcross Road, as it turned into a car park on Dalness Street.

"It was picking up time at the school and there were a number of people in the area at the time of the incident.

"I would ask that anyone who saw what happened, and who has not already been spoken to by police, to contact officers."

A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.

Anyone with information can contact police via 101 or alternatively through Crimestoppers where information can be given anonymously.