Johannesburg – A nine-year-old boy died when he was hit by a car on Pamela Street, in Horizon View, Roodepoort, paramedics said on Saturday.

“Tragically, the boy died at the scene due to the extensive injuries he had sustained during the accident [on Friday night],” Netcare911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said.

Police would investigate the cause of the accident.

– SAPA