POLICE have rushed to the scene after a two-year-old boy was hit by a car.

The toddler was hit in Saltcoats' Kerr Avenue shortly after 1.30pm today.

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Traffic police, an ambulance and air ambulance were on the scene but the toddler was not seriously injured following the incident, our sister title the Ardrossan Herald reported.

Enquiries into the cause of the incident are ongoing at this time.