Child fighting for life after serious crash

Clareese Packer

20 August 2024 at 9:42 pm·1-min read

SHOOTING SCENE — A girl was reportedly riding an e-scooter when she was hit by a car. Picture : NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

A child is in critical condition after she was hit by a car while riding an e-scooter.

Police were called to a street in Maroochydore in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast about 8am on Wednesday following reports a 12-year-old girl had been hit by a car.

COVID EVACUATION — The 12-year-old girl was taken to hospital in critical condition. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

The Alexandra Headland girl was reportedly riding an e-scooter on the footpath when a Kia 4 pulled out of a driveway onto Main Road and hit the girl.

She was taken to hospital in critical condition.

The driver, a 21-year-old Maroochydore woman, is assisting police.

Police have urged anyone with information to come forward as investigations remain ongoing.

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