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Girl, 6, dies after being hit by car in Paisley

News imageBuchanan Photos Ambulance and multiple police vehicles parked with flashing lights outside a Cancer Research UK shop on a city street lined with sandstone tenement buildings.Buchanan Photos
Multiple police vehicles and ambulances were at scene on Saturday evening

A six-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car on a street in Paisley in Renfrewshire.

Police Scotland said she and a seven-year-old girl were both struck by the vehicle on Johnston Street at about 17:30 on Saturday.

Emergency services attended but the youngest girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

The seven-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment. It is understood her injuries were not serious and she was later discharged.

Several police vehicles and ambulances were dispatched to the scene on Saturday.

The street, in the centre of Paisley, is a short cobbled road with tenement flats above shops and takeaway outlets.

Police Scotland said an investigation into the incident was ongoing.

Sgt Jack Swindells said: "Our thoughts are with the family of the girl who died. They ask that their privacy is respected at this time."

Witnesses have been urged to contact Police Scotland.

News imageStreetscape showing a row of sandstone tenement buildings with ground-floor shops, including a Cancer Research UK store, parked cars along a cobbled street, bicycle racks in the foreground, and a historic stone building in the background under a partly cloudy sky
The two girls were hit by a car on Johnston Street in Paisley