- Girl, 8, hit by an SUV in north Sydney
A young girl is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Sydney’s north today.
Emergency services were called to Somerville Road, Hornsby Heights, about 10.40am on Sunday following reports a pedestrian had been hit by a car.
Officers attached to Ku-Ring-Gai Police Area Command arrived to find an 8-year-old girl unconscious on the road after being hit by a Holden SUV.
The girl was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken by road to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in a critical condition.
The driver of the SUV was uninjured and taken to Hornsby Hospital for mandatory testing.
A crime scene had been established and police have commenced an investigation into the incident.
Inquiries are ongoing.
