A FATHER has told how his three-year-old son lay badly injured in the middle of a road for more than 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived to help.
Keiran Morrill-Tiler was left unconscious and needed more than 40 stitches in a head injury after he was struck by a car as he crossed the road.
He also suffered a bruised liver and broken collar bone.
His dad Alan said it took 23 minutes for the first paramedic to arrive despite the accident happening just a five-minute walk from the nearest hospital.
"I ran out of the house and saw my son on the road not moving, with his eyes rolled back," he said.
"His hands were going blue. I thought he had died.
"It is disgusting how long it took the first paramedic to get here."
Keiran was playing with his nine-year-old sister Megan outside their home on Saturday afternoon.
He'd been watching a cat stuck up a tree and had been speaking to his father just minutes before he darted across Malvern Road, Goole.
He was hit by a Nissan Micra shortly before 1pm on Saturday and his terrified sister ran into the house to tell her parents.
"Megan came rushing in to say he had been hit by a car," said Mr Morrill, who was in the house laying floor tiles. "She was really upset.
"He had only come in a few minutes earlier to say a cat was stuck in the tree.
"He went back out after seeing the cat had come out of the tree and was hit as he crossed the road in between mine and the wife's cars.
"The lass got out of her car and was hysterical.
"She and Megan said Keiran had gone underneath the car."
Mr Morrill rushed outside and covered his unconscious son with a blanket to keep him warm.
However, it was about six minutes before Keiran woke up screaming and kicking his legs, wanting to get up.
"I gave a sigh of relief when he woke up," he said.
"We daren't move him until an ambulance arrived."
Mr Morrill made three calls to 999, pleading for the ambulance to arrive but hung up out in frustration when the paramedics failed to arrive.
Eventually, a lone paramedic arrived in a car and told the family he had driven to Goole from Brough to reach them.
Mr Morrill said: "I can't fault the 999 service and the paramedic when he arrived and dealt with my son.
"He said he had to drive at 130mph to get to Goole."
Keiran was taken by Air Ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary, where he needed more than 40 stitches for a laceration near his eye and around his head.
He was released from hospital last night after being kept in for two nights.
Mr Morrill called for improvements to the ambulance service in and around Goole.
He said: "I know we are not the biggest town, but we deserve more than one ambulance."
Residents are now calling for the introduction of a 20mph speed limit on the road after Keiran became the third child to be knocked down at the same spot.
Mr Morrill said: "In the past year, three kids, including Keiran have been knocked over in this area.
"For years, we've been asking the council for speed bumps and a crossing."
A spokesman for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust said: "We would like to apologise to the family for any distress caused.
"A paramedic working on a rapid response vehicle was first to arrive at the scene and provided immediate medical assessment and treatment to the patient, followed by a double-crewed ambulance.
"To ensure the best possible care for the patient, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was also called to assist and airlifted the patient to Hull Royal Infirmary for further treatment.
"We are keen to speak to the family about their concerns and ask that they contact our Patient Relations team."
No one from Humberside Police would comment about the accident.
