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Grays motorcycle hit-and-run, boy left with life-changing injuries

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Emergency services were called to open land in Grays, on Thursday evening

A 10-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with a life-changing head injury after a hit-and-run incident involving a motorbike.

Essex Police officers were called to open land in Chadwell St Mary near Grays at about 15:30 BST on Thursday.

They said it a "serious collision" took place to the rear of Aluric Close and Camden Close and it was believed a motorcycle left the scene.

It asked anyone with information or footage to them.

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