A SEVEN-week-old baby was treated in hospital after being hit in the stomach by a carton containing cola and ice cubes after it was dropped from the top floor of a shopping centre.

Baby Donnie Robinson needed scans on his tiny body and had to spend the night in hospital after developing breathing difficulties following the incident.

He was being pushed through Middleton Grange shopping centre in Hartlepool at about 4pm on Monday (July 20), when the large drinks container, containing cola and ice cubes, was dropped on him - hitting him hard in the stomach as he lay in his pram.

He instantly woke up screaming and struggling to get his breath.

Read how baby Donnie got on at the hospital here.