A five-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a crash involving two cars in South Lanarkshire.

The boy was in the back seat of a Ford Focus when it collided with a silver Mercedes outside a diner and car wash on Airdrie Road, Carluke.

The Focus had been travelling eastbound and the Mercedes had been travelling in the opposite direction when the crash took place around 10.45am on Saturday.

The five-year-old suffered a serious head injury and is in a serious condition at Wishaw General Hospital.

Police said the 27-year-old woman driving the Focus suffered minor injuries and was also treated at Wishaw General. The 35-year-old man driving the Mercedes was not hurt.

The road was closed as officers carried out an investigation.

Sergeant Joe McGuckien  said: "The crash happened just outside a diner and car wash on Airdrie Road - both of which at the time were full of people.

"A number of witnesses have already come forward and we have been checking CCTV in the area, however, we would still ask that anyone who saw the crash happen contact police."

Information can be passed to officers at the Road Policing Unit at Motherwell via 101.