Two-year-old girl dies in Sydney Children’s Hospital after being struck by vehicle behind business at Campsie

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A toddler has died after she was hit by a car in a driveway in Sydney’s south-west.

The two-year-old girl was struck by the reversing vehicle near a mechanics workshop on Beamish Street, Campsie, on Thursday about 10.45am.

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The critically injured toddler was taken to the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick where she was pronounced dead, a New South Wales police spokeswoman said.

A crime scene has been established and the NSW police crash investigation unit is attending.

The 43-year-old female driver was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests.

The driver was “hysterical” after the incident, NSW police said. The vehicle that hit the girl is understood to belong to the victim’s mother.

Superintendent Adam Whyte said police and paramedics responded quickly and administered first aid.

“The driver was absolutely hysterical, as you would imagine,” he told reporters in Sydney. “This is a horrific scene for not only the driver but all those involved, particularly for the police and emergency services.

“The death of a child is always very, very traumatic.

“For the emergency services, it’s one of those jobs that nobody ever wants to go to.”

A Campsie resident, Freddy Farhat, said the young girl’s uncles, who run a nearby business, were quickly on the scene performing CPR.

“I’m just shocked to see something like that,” Farhat told Network Ten. “I just heard the frantic screaming from the siblings.”

Support services have been offered to the officers who were first on the scene.

Crash investigators spent Thursday afternoon speaking with witnesses and combing the site for evidence.