NSW: Girl, 10, dies after being hit by four-wheel-drive

AAP General News (Australia)
12-19-2006
NSW: Girl, 10, dies after being hit by four-wheel-drive

SYDNEY, Dec 19 AAP - A 10-year-old girl has died after being struck by a four-wheel-drive
as she was crossing a road outside a school on the NSW Central Coast.

Police say the girl was using a crossing controlled by traffic lights outside a primary
school in Toukley when she was knocked down at about 9.30am (AEDT) today.

The girl was taken to Wyong Hospital in a critical condition but died of her injuries,
a police spokeswoman said.

The man driving the four-wheel-drive escaped injury. The man, aged in his 40s, is being
interviewed by police.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old girl run over last night in the driveway of her Blue Mountains
home, west of Sydney, was in a serious but stable condition in Sydney Children's Hospital.

The girl suffered suspected spinal injuries, a dislocated hip and internal bleeding
when she was run over by the family car.

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