A 3-year-old boy tragically died in front of his mother after he was struck by a vehicle outside a daycare center in Sunshine North, Melbourne.
According to reports, the boy was hit in front of his devastated mother and horrified witnesses on McIntyre Road at about 6:30 pm.
Emergency services arrived and tried to save the boy’s life. He was rushed to a hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Authorities are now searching for the driver of a red Toyota Camry and urge the person responsible to ‘hand themselves in.’
Officers suspect the child may have ‘run out onto the road’ and that the motorist failed to stop.
“These kind of collisions, sometimes they bring out the worst and the best in people,” Detective Acting Sergeant Leigh Miller said to 9News.
“In this case, you have the driver of a car for unknown reasons, they have failed to stop and help this child. I can just only hope they didn’t know that it was a child, but if they did, what else can we say about them?”
A shoe of the child lay in the middle of the road as officers examined the scene.
Victoria’s Major Collision Unit officers scoured the area, knocking on the doors of nearby businesses and houses asking for CCTV footage of the incident.
“Investigators are appealing for anyone with information and the driver to come forward and contact police,” police said.
“Anyone who witnessed the incident, has dashcam footage or any other information that could assist police with their enquiries is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.”
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