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August 5th, 2009, 01:18 AM
13:09 AEST Wed Aug 5 2009
A nine-year-old girl walked out from behind a stationary school bus before being struck and killed by another bus in what police have described as a tragic accident.
Macquarie Fields police Inspector Julian Griffiths said a bus driver and up to 25 students on the stationary bus witnessed the accident on Bugatti Drive, Ingleburn, in Sydney's southwest about 8.10am (AEST) on Wednesday.
The Ingleburn girl's parents and witnesses tried to administer first aid at the scene to no avail.
Reports have suggested but police cannot confirm that the girl was about to board her bus when she decided to dash home because she had forgotten something.
"At this stage our information is the nine-year-old child was about to board a stationary bus which contained anywhere between 15 and 25 students from local schools," Insp Griffiths said.
"It appears the child then tried to cross the road and in doing so there has been a collision between the child and a small passenger bus which had about five children on board."
Police said everything possible was done to save the girl's life.
"Both witnesses and the family of the child, who didn't actually witness it but were alerted to it shortly after, have tried valiantly to provide first aid to the child before the ambulance arrived," Insp Griffiths said.
The girl died later at Liverpool Hospital.
Insp Griffiths said a female bus driver and about 25 school students from various local schools were being provided with counselling.
"It's a tragedy, an absolute tragedy," he said. "Our thoughts and best wishes are with the family."
Bugatti Drive, between Oxford Road and Cadillac Drive, will remain closed while Macquarie Fields police, forensic officers and the Roads and Traffic Authority investigate.
© AAP 2009
A nine-year-old girl walked out from behind a stationary school bus before being struck and killed by another bus in what police have described as a tragic accident.
Macquarie Fields police Inspector Julian Griffiths said a bus driver and up to 25 students on the stationary bus witnessed the accident on Bugatti Drive, Ingleburn, in Sydney's southwest about 8.10am (AEST) on Wednesday.
The Ingleburn girl's parents and witnesses tried to administer first aid at the scene to no avail.
Reports have suggested but police cannot confirm that the girl was about to board her bus when she decided to dash home because she had forgotten something.
"At this stage our information is the nine-year-old child was about to board a stationary bus which contained anywhere between 15 and 25 students from local schools," Insp Griffiths said.
"It appears the child then tried to cross the road and in doing so there has been a collision between the child and a small passenger bus which had about five children on board."
Police said everything possible was done to save the girl's life.
"Both witnesses and the family of the child, who didn't actually witness it but were alerted to it shortly after, have tried valiantly to provide first aid to the child before the ambulance arrived," Insp Griffiths said.
The girl died later at Liverpool Hospital.
Insp Griffiths said a female bus driver and about 25 school students from various local schools were being provided with counselling.
"It's a tragedy, an absolute tragedy," he said. "Our thoughts and best wishes are with the family."
Bugatti Drive, between Oxford Road and Cadillac Drive, will remain closed while Macquarie Fields police, forensic officers and the Roads and Traffic Authority investigate.
© AAP 2009