Boy, 3, dies after mum reverses car

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A 3-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a car being driven by his mother in Sydney's inner east.

An ambulance spokeswoman says paramedics were called to Clements Place at Rushcutters Bay to treat a boy who had been hit by a car.

A police spokesman said a car being driven by the boy's mother had reversed over him.

He was taken to Sydney Children's Hospital in a critical condition but later died, police said.

The incident follows two similar accidents in the past week.

A 2-year-old boy was killed in south Melbourne on Monday night when his mother's 4WD struck him and his grandfather.

In north Sydney, a 2-year-old girl died after she was hit in the driveway of her home last Thursday by a car driven by her father.

- AAP