A 10-year-old girl has died in hospital from her injuries after being struck by a car.

Kent Police officers have named the girl as Jessica Smith-Bellem, who lived in Canterbury. She was in collision with a silver Toyota Yaris on the Toucan crossing in Military Road, Canterbury, last Wednesday at about 7.30pm.

She was was taken to QEQM hospital in Margate with serious head, chest and leg injuries. On Thursday she was transferred to Kings Hospital in London where she later died.

Officers from Kent Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit are investigating the collision.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 01622 798538.