A seven-year-old girl is in intensive care after she was hit be a car on the Lansbury Park link road in Caerphilly.
The collision happened on Sunday July 2, outside St Helen’s Roman Catholic Church.
The air ambulance was called and the girl was taken to University Hospital Wales in Cardiff.
A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: “We were called at shortly before 1.25pm on Sunday to reports that a girl had been hit by a car near St Helen’s Catholic Primary School in Caerphilly.
“We sent the Wales Air Ambulance, an emergency ambulance and a rapid response car and a young girl was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in a serious condition.”
According to posts on Facebook, the girl is believed to be related to Carol and Ray Gravenor, who run Caerphilly Bird Rescue.
Posting on its public Facebook page, Caerphilly Bird Rescue said: “Thank you so much for all the support and messages. Two family members have taken most of the birds to the Vale.
“I only have the birds at the release area now and they are all independent and I won’t be taking any more birds now whilst living in this nightmare.
“[She] is not breathing for herself so she is on a ventilator. She has a broken collar bone, broken rib, blood around the heart and the doctor just phoned to say that the latest scan has revealed a few bleeds deep in the brain so they’ve inserted a gauge into the skull to monitor the pressure.”
A Gwent Police spokesman said: “At approximately 1.30pm on Sunday July 2, we received reports of a road traffic collision involving a burgundy Mercedes and a pedestrian on the Lansbury link road in Caerphilly.
“A seven-year-old girl was taken to hospital by air ambulance. Her injuries are thought to be life-threatening or life-changing.
“Anyone with information relating to the collision is asked to call Gwent Police on 101 quoting log number: 288 of 2/7/17.”