Dozens of tributes have been left to an eight-year-old boy who was killed while playing in Penwortham.<br /><br />Emergency services were called to reports of a collision between a black Ford Transit and the boy in Bilsborough Hey, off Kingsfold Drive, at around 4.20pm on Tuesday, August 1.<br /><br />Two air ambulances landed in nearby fields off Bee Lane and a senior commander was deployed to the scene to oversee the emergency response.<br /><br />He was taken to Royal Preston Hospital by road but sadly died a short time later.<br /><br />Lancashire Police said an investigation was taking place to establish exactly how the tragedy occurred.<br /><br />Anybody with information is asked to get in touch on 101, quoting log 971 of August 1.
