Adelaide taxi driver faces court after allegedly running over 4-year-old boy

A taxi driver has faced court charged with causing serious harm to a four-year-old boy after allegedly running the child over earlier this year.

A maxi-taxi driver who allegedly hit a four-year-old child on his bike, leaving him with critical injuries, has faced court for the first time.

Bahal Singh Chahal is accused of being behind the wheel of a taxi when it collided with the child, who was riding his bike near a park in Adelaide’s south earlier this year.

Mr Chahal, 51, has been charged with one count of causing serious harm by careless driving after allegedly hitting the child in Plympton Park in July. The boy was taken to hospital where he was treated for serious, but not life threatening injuries.

Multiple emergency services were called to the scene on South Tce outside the recreational ground after the incident at 10.40am on July 28.

In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday, Mr Chahal’s lawyer Tim McGrath asked Magistrate Ben Sale to adjourn the matter to a later date.

Mr Chahal will return to court in November.

The child’s bike. Picture: Ben Clark

Police investigating the crash site. Picture: Ben Clark

Home security footage of the alleged incident showed the boy’s father riding across the street, and the boy a short distance behind when the taxi made a ride-hand turn into Macklin St when the vehicle struck him.

The footage, obtained by 7NEWS, shows the boy’s father then run to the scene and check on the child – who was knocked from his bike – then turn on the driver.

Passengers told the network the boy’s father allegedly yelled at the driver and pushed him into a fence.

The taxi’s windscreen was shattered when it was towed from the scene.

South Terrace was closed between Park Terrace and Ferry Ave for several hours while Major Crash Investigators attended the scene and helped with the investigation.

Originally published as Adelaide taxi driver faces court after allegedly running over 4-year-old boy