- Woman, 86, reversed and hit a mother and two daughters aged six and eight
- The six-year-old was rushed to hospital with horror injuries but did not survive
- The eight-year-old suffered a broken leg and is being treated in hospital
- Witnesses said mother screamed ‘my babies’ after crash in Nambour, QLD
A distraught mother broke down in tears and shrieked ‘my babies, my babies’ when her six and eight-year-old daughters were killed and injured by a car at a supermarket.
Distressed witnesses have told how the 37-year-old’s piercing screams echoed throughout the car park in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast this afternoon.
An 86-year-old driver reversed her car into the mother and daughters who were walking across a pedestrian crossing.
A distraught mother broke down in tears and shrieked ‘my babies, my babies’ when her six and eight-year-old daughters were hit by a car at a supermarket. Pictured: The smashed car
The six-year-old girl was reportedly pinned against a pole and suffered horror injuries. She was rushed to hospital but did not survive.
The eight-year-old is being treated for a broken leg and the mother was not seriously hurt.
Shopper Kassie Pocza told Seven News: ‘All you could hear was just her crying and her saying ‘my babies, my babies.’
Talking about paramedics’ efforts to save the six-year-old, she said: ‘They did CPR for so long, so long.’
Witness Sukhrpreet Singh told The Courier Mail: ‘It happened in a matter of seconds. I looked up and the six-year-old was falling to the ground.
‘I ran over to help but there were so many people already helping.’
Shopper Kassie Pocza told Seven News : ‘All you could hear was just her crying and her saying ‘my babies, my babies.’
He said the elderly driver stayed in her car as instructed: ‘She was in shock. We all were.’
Another witness said people rushed to help the girl and several broke down in tears.
A candlelight vigil was held across the road from the scene at 5.45pm.
A section of the car park was closed while the Forensic Crash Unit investigate the cause of the crash.
A police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia no charges have been made and an 86-year-old driver is assisting with inquiries.
The other girl, eight, was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with a lower leg injury
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