Nine-year-old boy dies after e-bike and car collide on Gold Coast

A nine-year-old boy has died after a serious crash involving a car and an e-bike on the Gold Coast.

The boy was a passenger on the e-bike being ridden by a man in his 40s on Robina Town Centre Dr in Robina when they were hit by a car about 6.11pm on Wednesday.

Queensland Ambulance Service senior operations supervisor Stuart Cutajar said bystanders and an off-duty paramedic rushed to help and performed CPR on the boy before ambulances arrived.

“They did a fantastic job in doing what they could,” he said.

Cutajar said three paramedic crews, including the Critical Care and High Acuity Response Unit — as well as a doctor — were sent to the scene, with the first ambulance arriving within three minutes.

The boy was assessed to be in a “critically unstable condition”, with life-threatening head and leg injuries.

“He had multi-system trauma, at various stages CPR and advanced life-saving measures were used throughout care on scene and during transport to Gold Coast University Hospital,” Cutajar said.

Police confirmed the boy died from his injuries in hospital on Thursday afternoon.

The man riding with the boy suffered life-threatening head and arm injuries and was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious condition.

The car driver, a man also in his 40s, was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition with minor injuries.

Cutajar said other members of the boy’s family were also in the riding group but were not involved in the crash.

“It’s extremely tragic circumstances for everyone involved, our thoughts go to the friends and family, the bystanders on scene and to the emergency services (who attended),” he said.