A 27-year-old man has been charged with negligent driving occasioning death after a three-year-old girl was struck and killed by a car in western Sydney.
Emergency services were dispatched to Normanby Road in Auburn shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving reports of a child being hit by a vehicle. The girl was transported to Westmead Hospital in critical condition, where she succumbed to her injuries hours later.
The driver, who was uninjured, was taken to Auburn Hospital for mandatory testing. He was subsequently transported to Auburn Police Station, where he was formally charged. He has since been released on bail and is scheduled to appear in Burwood Local Court on Wednesday.