A FIVE-year-old boy who suffered head injuries after he was in collision with a car is making a recovery.

As the Shuttle/Times & News went to press the boy - who has not been named - had improved from being critical to being comfortable at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

The accident happened at 3.10pm on Sunday in Heronswood Road, Kidderminster, about 40 yards from the junction with Captain's Pool Road.

The boy, from Kidderminster, was in collision with a blue Seat Ibiza being driven by a Kidderminster man in his late 20s.

A Kidderminster Police spokeswoman said the circumstances of the incident were still being investigated and no further details were available.