Family pay tribute to boy, 6, killed outside holiday park

THE family of a six-year-old who died after he was hit by a car have paid tribute to their "precious little boy".

Liam McDonald was struck by a Vauxhall Corsa near the entrance to Seton Sands Holiday Village, East Lothian, at lunchtime on Tuesday.

Ambulance staff tried to save him, but he died at the scene.

The boy, from the Prospecthill area of Glasgow, was staying at the caravan park with his family.

In a statement issued through Lothian and Borders Police, they said: "We would like to thank everyone who tried to help Liam in the minutes after the accident and for those who have provided support to us in the following hours and days.

"He was a very precious little boy, and we miss him very much."

Police appealed for information from anyone who witnessed the incident.

They are particularly keen to trace the driver of a white van that was seen travelling towards Longniddry at around the time of the collision.