Boy hurt as car careers off road

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A three-year-old boy was injured when a car left a road in Herefordshire, careered down an embankment and landed on its roof.

The incident, involving a family from Cardiff, happened on the A40 in Whitchurch near Ross-on-Wye, on Monday.

The boy suffered a head injury and was airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital for treatment.

His mother and another child, believed to be an eight-year-old boy, were not injured, the ambulance service said.