Vic: Toddler in pram dragged under car in accident

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2009
Vic: Toddler in pram dragged under car in accident

Eds: Updates with information from Ambulance Victoria



MELBOURNE, Dec 3 AAP - A two-year-old boy in a pram has been dragged under a car during
an accident in Melbourne.

A woman and her two children were hit by a car about 7.10pm (AEDT) on Wednesday on
the corner of Leicester and Victoria streets, Carlton.

Her two-year-old son she was wheeling in a pram was dragged under the front of the
car for about four metres as it came to a stop.

"The two-year-old has head injuries and significant grazes to leg, hand and face,"

Ambulance Victoria paramedic Tony Cuthbert said on Thursday.

"A drip was put in his arm and he was given some pain relief to settle him.

"The boy was also given some oxygen and his wounds were bandaged."

The toddler was taken to the Royal Children's Hospital in a stable condition with his
five-year-old sister.

His 34-year-old mother was knocked briefly unconscious and she was taken to the Royal
Melbourne Hospital.

The boy's grandmother, 67, was also at the scene but was uninjured.

Police are appealing for anyone who saw the incident to contact Crimestoppers 1800 333 000.

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