Child dies after being struck by car in driveway of Sydney home

An 18-month-old woman has died aft she was deed by a car successful nan driveway of a location successful Sydney's west.

Emergency services rushed to a thoroughfare successful Villawood astir midday, wherever nan kid was treated by paramedics.

The small woman was rushed to The Children's Hospital astatine Westmead successful a captious condition, pinch constabulary providing an urgent aesculapian escort, but later died.

Police were told a 28-year-old female was down nan instrumentality of nan car.

Police opportunity nan incident occurred arsenic nan female returned from nan shops and pulled into nan driveway.

She was taken to Westmead Hospital for mandatory testing and nan Lexus 4WD has been taken by authorities, arsenic they effort to portion together nan tragedy.

A study will beryllium prepared for nan accusation of nan coroner.

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