A young boy was hit by a bus on the High Street just after 2pm this afternoon, next to the market stalls outside Debenhams.
Thankfully, the injuries are not said to be life-threatening, and the boy is said to have been conscious and talking to paramedics before an air ambulance landed in the Cathedral Grounds to take him to Southampton General.
Steve Brine was on the scene at the time, and said: "I've been concerned for years about the safety of buses coming right into the pedestrian area in Winchester and I think the introduction of the market on this particular stretch has made it more dangerous.
"As a parent of two young ones myself, I know exactly how hard it is when town is busy to keep them safe. My thoughts are with the family and I just hope and pray the little boy is ok but I think the council has to look urgently at safety in this part of town and that may well mean and end to the market on this most narrow section."
Pictured; the scene of the collision, courtesy of the Hampshire Chronicle