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An 18-month-old boy who was killed when a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into him and his mother has been named by police.
Jayden Bloomer died in hospital after suffering multiple injuries in the collision in Accrington, Lancashire, at about 3pm on Tuesday.
His mother, Jackie, 30, remains in a critical condition in the Royal Preston Hospital.
She was walking with Jayden to pick up her five-year-old son from school when the crash happened.
The 89-year-old male driver of the green Rover car involved in the incident in Water Street also died later in hospital.
A post-mortem examination on the pensioner is expected to take place on Thursday. It is thought he was taken ill at the wheel, which led him to lose control of his vehicle.
Lancashire Police appealed for witnesses who might have seen the Rover in the run-up to the crash.
A police spokesman said: "The car has come off the road at Eastgate, it has mounted the pavement and collided with a building at the bottom of Water Street and then into the path of the young mother and her baby."
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Sergeant Pete Sculpher, from Accrington Road Policing Unit, said: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts go out to both families involved. The collision happened on one of the busiest roads in Accrington at a time when many people would be picking children up from school so I would ask anyone that saw anything to come forward and speak to police."
Witnesses should call Lancashire Police on 08451 25 35 45 or 01254 51212.
