Forest Way Belrose: Boy, 11, struck by car
A primary school boy has suffered serious injuries after he was hit by a car at traffic lights at a busy intersection on Sydney’s northern beaches this morning.
Manly
Don't miss out on the headlines from Manly. Followed categories will be added to My News.
A Sydney schoolboy was badly hurt when he was hit by a car at a set of traffic lights on the northern beaches on Friday morning.
The boy, 11, suffered leg injuries when he was struck by a small SUV at Belrose.
Emergency services were called to the corner of Forest Way and Morgan Rd just after 8am.
The intersection has button-operated pedestrians lights.
It is about 200m away from the independent John Colet Primary School at Belrose.
A police vehicle was parked outside the school about 45 minutes after the incident.
About five police vehicles and one ambulance were sent to the scene.
A NSW Ambulance spokesman said the boy, who they described as being of primary school age, had leg injuries.
“He was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital in a stable condition,” the spokesman said.
Police spoke with the female driver of the SUV that was stopped in a southbound lane on Forest Way.
In a statement, police confirmed that officers from its Crash Investigation Unit have started an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Peak hour traffic was disrupted for a number of hours.
40 acres at Dee Why, two convicts and home units
These days almost all of the land between Pittwater Rd and Dee Why Beach is occupied by unit blocks but in the early 1800s it was a different story and it was not until the early 1900s that the area was developed.
Rope rescues, choppers and cuppas: The varied life of a veteran ambo
From being a 20-year-old raw recruit to dangling 150m above the ground and running the NSW Ambulance helicopter fleet, northern beaches paramedic Cameron Edgar has spent decades saving countless lives.