The baby was critically injured after its stroller collided with a van in Auckland. Photo / Google
The baby was critically injured after its stroller collided with a van in Auckland. Photo / Google
A 5-month-old baby has died after being hit by a van in Auckland this morning.
The child was critically injured and treated by St John paramedics at the scene on Lake Rd, Northcote, before being taken to Starship children's hospital.
The baby later died of its injuries in hospital, policesay.
Ali, who asked not to have his last name used, said a stroller rolled down a driveway and over the road and into the other lane before being hit by a van.
The collision took place on Lake Rd, south of the Exmouth Rd roundabout.
The Police Serious Crash Unit had been at the scene investigating, a police spokesperson earlier confirming a young child had been hit.
Ali said the van that hit the child was not travelling quickly, but figured the momentum from the stroller coming down the steep driveway propelled the baby forward.
He said the stroller had to be pulled out of the van it collided into, with a large dent left in the front of the van.
Other motorists were quick to try and help but there wasn't much they could do, Ali said.
The baby must have had a belt on, Ali said, because they didn't fall out of the basket as it flew through the air.
He was not sure how the stroller ended up rolling down the driveway.