A schoolboy miraculously escaped serious injury after being hit by a van in Halstead High Street.
The 12-year-old had initially crossed the road to retrieve his football but then tried to run back across after seeing his bus pull up opposite.
Dad Glen Mayes-Allen does not blame the driver at all and has spoken out in the hope of encouraging others to use the town’s pedestrian crossings.
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