A schoolboy has died after he was hit by a bus on his way to school this morning.

The boy was knocked down in Fore Street, in Edmonton at approximately 8am.

Paramedics battled to save his life.

Police have closed the road in both directions from North Circular Road to Cowper Road as they investigate the crash.

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called at 8.14am to reports of a road traffic collision involving a bus and a pedestrian on Fore Street.

"Sadly, despite extensive efforts to resuscitate the patient, a boy was pronounced dead by the doctor from London's Air Ambulance."

Diversions for buses 149, 259, 279, 349 have been put in place.