6 December 2016

18-month-old dies after being hit by car at Kiama

| Charlotte
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Police wrap

An 18-month-old girl has died after being hit by a car at Kiama yesterday afternoon.

Just before 3.30pm yesterday, emergency services were called to a caravan park on Ocean Street after the girl was struck by the car.

Police have been told a woman, aged in her 30s, was reversing the vehicle when the girl was hit.

The child was treated by NSW Ambulance Paramedics at the scene before being air lifted to Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick in a critical condition.

Sadly she later died from her injuries.

Officers from Lake Illawarra Local Area Command have commenced an investigation into the child’s death and will prepare a report for the information of the Coroner outlining the full circumstances surrounding the incident.

Inquiries into the death continue.

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