Three children have been rushed to hospital after a car ploughed into them as they played on a pavement, with a man being arrested in relation to the horrific incident.

Police were called to the scene at Black Ridge View in west Belfast.

A report was made shortly before 5pm that the car, while reversing, struck the children - two girls and a boy - as they played before it 'then took off'.

A man, 37, has been arrested on suspicion of driving with excess alcohol in breath, causing grievous bodily injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop, failing to report and failing to remain where an accident occurred causing injury.

He remains in custody, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said.