A woman has been arrested and police are appealing for information following incident in Basildon where a girl was struck by a car.

It was reported a 14 year-old girl had been pushing an electric scooter across a pedestrian crossing in Timberlog Lane at around 6.45pm on Tuesday (18 June) when she was in collision with a silver Ford S Max.

The girl was knocked unconscious.

A 32 year-old woman from Vange has been arrested on suspicion of attempted GBH with intent.

She has since been released on bail until 7 September.

A police statement says: "If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

"Please quote the crime reference 42/93868/24.

"You can let us know by submitting a report on our website where you can use our online Live Chat service available Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) between 10am-9pm.

"Visit https://www.essex.police.uk/digital101to find out more about our website reporting services. Alternatively, you can call us on 101.

"If you would like to make an anonymous report, you can contact independent charity Crimestoppers on Twitter at @CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.