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Australia: Infant killed, child seriously injured after being hit by car in Sydney

Sydney, Sep 16 || An infant has died and a second child has been hospitalised with serious injuries after they were hit by a car in Australia's Sydney.

Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Monday night that emergency services were called to reports that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle in the carpark of a shopping centre in Minto, 37 km southwest of Sydney, at around 3:30 p.m. local time, news agency reported.

Officers arrived and commenced CPR on a five-month-old girl until the arrival of ambulance paramedics, but she died at the scene.

A five-year-old boy was also treated by ambulance paramedics before being taken to the hospital in a serious condition.

Local media reported that the vehicle involved in the incident was an SUV and police said the 35-year-old driver was uninjured.

Police established a crime scene and have launched an investigation into the incident.

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