Tuesday October 2, 2007
John Ashdown, The Guardian

Steven Gerrard was involved in a traffic collision yesterday which left a 10-year-old boy with a suspected broken leg, his spokesman said.

The car was travelling along Grantham Road in Birkdale, Merseyside, when the incident happened at 3.15pm and the Liverpool captain's spokesman said: "Steven was driving very slowly through an area of Birkdale when a young boy ran out and hit the side of his car. Steven comforted the boy until the paramedics arrived.

"Steven later attended a police station where he produced his driving documents as a matter of routine and made a statement about the accident. He was distressed over the accident and has been in contact with the boy's family to check his progress and plans to visit him in the next couple of days."