- A toddler has been run over by his mother’s car as she reversed down the street
- The girl is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit at Avondale Heights
- The accident happened just before 8pm on Wednesday, police are investigating
- Neighbours have revealed the mother’s hysterical screams after the incident
These are the horrified screams of a mother who accidentally ran over her two-year-old daughter outside the family home.
Neighbours revealed hearing the woman hysterically screaming ‘what have I done? She’s so young,’ as she lay on the ground next to the girl.
The Avondale Heights mother was reversing out of her quiet suburban street in Melbourne’s north-west shortly after 8pm on Wednesday when she hit the toddler.
Paramedics treated the girl outside the Avondale Heights home before rushing her to hospital
The two-year-old girl was rushed to hospital in a serious condition on Wednesday night
One neighbour said the two-year-old girl’s father ran for help following the incident.
He reportedly bashed on neighbours doors pleading for assistance.
A group of neighbours, including a doctor, ran to help the girl, as the parents consoled each other on the footpath.
‘We called an ambulance, came outside and the daughter was bleeding,’ the neighbour told The Herald Sun.
‘The girl was there and everyone was around her; the mum and the dad were here and the mum was laying on the ground screaming.’
The girl was taken to hospital with serious injuries on Wednesday night.
A woman is assisting the police with their inquiries.
Neighbours rushed to the girl’s aid before paramedics arrived on the scene about 8pm
The girl is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit at Avondale Heights just before 8pm on Wednesday