POLICE have now confirmed that a four-year-old boy hit by a bus in Langport on Tuesday has now died.

Alfie Jones, from Huish Episcopi Primary School, was airlifted to Musgrove Park Hospital following the incident on Wincanton Road on Tuesday afternoon.

A police spokesman said his life support machine was switched off at around 3.30pm yesterday.

Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call the road policing unit on 0845-4567000.

A 28-year-old man from the Yeovil area has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.

He has been released on police bail, pending further enquiries.