A TEENAGE girl has been seriously injured in a bus crash.

The 13-year-old pedestrian was involved in a collision with a bus near Framlington Road in Runcorn yesterday.

A police spokesman said: "At 17.55pm officers were called to reports of a collision between a bus and pedestrian on a busway near to Framlington Road, Runcorn.

"The pedestrian, a 13-year-old girl, is believed to have sustained serious injuries.

"She was taken to Alder Hey Hospital via air ambulance."