A 9-year-old boy is being treated at the Makarios hospital in Nicosia after he was seriously injured on Wednesday while crossing a road in Paphos.

Police said the boy was hit by a car driven by a 42-year-old woman at 3.30pm on Wednesday and suffered fractures to his arm and head and a fractured cervical vertebra.

He was initially taken to Paphos general hospital and then transferred to Nicosia.

The boy is out of danger.

Paphos police are investigating.