A SEVEN-year-old boy was flown to hospital with severe injuries after the car he was travelling in rolled off the motorway.

Paramedics say the Fleetwood youngster is in a stable condition after the car, containing five people, left the southbound carriageway of the M6 at Tebay, at 4.30pm, on Saturday evening.

Great North Air Ambulance flew the seven-year-old to Preston Royal Infirmary with a friend of the family.

The two three passengers were taken to Royal Lancaster Infirmary with minor injuries.