Article; Four-Year Old Dies Of A Cardiac Arrest After Being Hit By Truck In Sydney

A four-year old girl has died after being hit by a truck at a pedestrian crossing in Sydney on Tuesday.

The child's mother was carrying her when they were hit by a truck on Botany Road making a left-hand turn from McEvoy Street in Alexandria about noon. The girl went into a cardiac arrest after being struck.

A Spokesman for the crash investigation unit said both mother and daughter were on a pedestrian crossing at the time of the incident. A witness called triple-o emergency for an ambulance and said the child had been knocked out of her mother's arms.

She was taken to the Randwick's Sydney Children's Hospital in a critical condition and died soon after. The mother has suffered injuries to the head and leg. She was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where she is in a serious but stable condition.

The driver of the work truck was not hurt and was taken to Redfern police station for questioning. Crash investigation unit officers spoke to witnesses at the scene.

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