Boy, 3, fighting for life after horror Sydney accident
A LITTLE boy is fighting for life after he wandered onto a road and was struck by a car in western Sydney last night. It is believed Steven Tamba, who just celebrated his third birthday, was playing with his new toy trucks when he was hit.
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A LITTLE boy is fighting for life after he wandered onto a road and was struck by a car in western Sydney last night.
It is believed Steven Tamba was playing with his new toy trucks when he was hit by a Toyota sedan outside his house on Kibo Rd in Regents Park just after 6pm.
The three-year-old was treated at the scene before being taken to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in a critical condition.
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Auburn Police Area Command Inspector Emma Watson said doctors had managed to stabilise the boy in hospital.
“He’s still critical but stable,” she said on Wednesday afternoon.
Inspector Watson said no charges had been laid over the incident.
Police cordoned off a large section of the road outside a red brick house where Steven and his family lives.
A pair of tiny sneakers and several toy trucks were sitting on the road. Directly after the accident, the Toyota was parked nearby with its hazard lights flashing.
“He just celebrated his third birthday. He only just got (the toy cars) for his birthday,” one woman said.
Resident Laurie, who did not wish to give his surname, said he was working on his computer when he heard a “muffled” crash on the road.
“It didn’t register and then I heard a guy screaming — it was an adult,” he said.
“So I rushed down and looked and I thought ‘wow’. I saw the car toys and I saw the car flashing and I thought straight away there could have been an accident.
“I got my phone and called police and ambulance.
“There was a lot of people trying to help the kid. People were running.”
The driver of the Toyota, a man aged in his 50s, was taken to Auburn Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.
However, it is understood investigators do not believe he was at fault.