Rouse Hill: Five-year-old girl dies after crash outside primary school in Sydney’s West
A five-year-old girl has died after being hit by a ute outside a primary school in Sydney’s North West on Thursday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to Clower Avenue in Rouse Hill around 3.45pm following reports the child had been hit by a car.
Police were told the girl was riding a scooter on the footpath before she was hit by a Toyota Hilux.
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The driver of the Hilux, a 42-year-old man, was taken to Blacktown Hospital for mandatory testing.
Both the ute and the scooter have been seized by police, to be forensically examined.
A crime scene was established, and police commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Anyone with dash cam footage of the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000.
