A five-year-old girl is in a critical condition after she was struck by a ute while riding a scooter outside Rouse Hill Public School in Sydney’s north-west.
Emergency services were called to the school campus on Clower Avenue about 3.45pm on Thursday following reports a child had been hit by the car.
NSW Police said the girl had been riding a scooter on the footpath.
Multiple ambulance crews attended with a medical team and treated her at the scene, before taking her to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in a critical condition.
The driver of the ute – a 43-year-old man – was taken to Westmead Hospital for a mandatory testing.
Both the ute and the scooter have been seized for forensic examination.
In a statement, NSW Police said a crime scene has been established, and an investigation launched.
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