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| Toddler dies after being hit by reversing car in Sydney | Toddler dies after being hit by reversing car in Sydney |
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| A toddler has died after she was hit by a car in a driveway in Sydney’s south-west. | |
| The two-year-old girl was struck by the reversing vehicle near a mechanics workshop on Beamish Street, Campsie, on Thursday about 10.45am. | |
| Campsie: Child hit by a vehicle inside a mechanic's yard. Report on 7 News at 6pm. #Campsie #7News https://t.co/ait7yCxsVR | Campsie: Child hit by a vehicle inside a mechanic's yard. Report on 7 News at 6pm. #Campsie #7News https://t.co/ait7yCxsVR |
| The critically injured toddler was taken to the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick where she was pronounced dead, a New South Wales police spokeswoman said. | The critically injured toddler was taken to the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick where she was pronounced dead, a New South Wales police spokeswoman said. |
| A crime scene has been established and the NSW police crash investigation unit is attending. | A crime scene has been established and the NSW police crash investigation unit is attending. |
| The 43-year-old female driver was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests. | |
| The driver was “hysterical” after the incident, NSW police said. The vehicle that hit the girl is understood to belong to the victim’s mother. | |
| Superintendent Adam Whyte said police and paramedics responded quickly and administered first aid. | |
| “The driver was absolutely hysterical, as you would imagine,” he told reporters in Sydney. “This is a horrific scene for not only the driver but all those involved, particularly for the police and emergency services. | |
| “The death of a child is always very, very traumatic. | |
| “For the emergency services, it’s one of those jobs that nobody ever wants to go to.” | |
| A Campsie resident, Freddy Farhat, said the young girl’s uncles, who run a nearby business, were quickly on the scene performing CPR. | |
| “I’m just shocked to see something like that,” Farhat told Network Ten. “I just heard the frantic screaming from the siblings.” | |
| Support services have been offered to the officers who were first on the scene. | |
| Crash investigators spent Thursday afternoon speaking with witnesses and combing the site for evidence. |