POLICE had to close several roads yesterday after a 10-year-old girl collided with a Mercedes on the Thames View Estate in Barking. The youngster was involved in the accident in Box Lane on Monday April 27 at around 3.30pm. She was taken by ambulance to

POLICE had to close several roads yesterday after a 10-year-old girl collided with a Mercedes on the Thames View Estate in Barking.

The youngster was involved in the accident in Box Lane on Monday April 27 at around 3.30pm.

She was taken by ambulance to Queen's Hospital, Romford. Her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

Police closed Choats Road and Renwick Road in Barking between 4pm and 4.30pm.

The driver of the Mercedes was not arrested.