Vic: Boy seriously injured after being struck by car

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2006
Vic: Boy seriously injured after being struck by car

A six year old Victorian boy is in a serious condition in hospital after being struck
by a car west of Melbourne.

Police say the boy had wandered from his home in the Bacchus Marsh area .. about 50
kilometres west of Melbourne .. when he was struck by a car about 6.20pm (AEST) last night.

A spokeswoman says the boy was standing in the middle of the Bacchus-Marsh/Geelong
road when he was hit by a car taking a right hand bend.

The spokeswoman says the boy was airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital where he
remains in a serious condition.

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