Young girl, 8, fights for life after being hit by a car at Hornsby Heights

Published on: May 25, 2025

By MAX ALDRED FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 02:52 BST, 25 May 2025 | Updated: 03:04 BST, 25 May 2025

A young girl is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Sydney’s north today.

Emergency services were called to Somerville Road, Hornsby Heights, about 10.40am on Sunday following reports a pedestrian had been hit by a car.

Officers attached to Ku-Ring-Gai Police Area Command arrived to find an 8-year-old girl unconscious on the road after being hit by a Holden SUV.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the girl at the scene.

She was then driven to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in a critical condition.

The driver of the SUV was uninjured and taken to Hornsby Hospital for mandatory testing.

Police have established a crime scene and are investigating the incident.

Inquiries remain ongoing.

Traffic has been slowed on the main road.

Anyone with information regarding the incident has been urged to contact police via Crime Stoppers.