Arabic version: وفاة رضيعة بعد حادث سيارة في سميثسديل

According to ABC News, an infant girl has died after being hit by a car in Smythesdale, south-west of Ballarat in central Victoria.

Emergency services were called to Vermont Road at about 1:20pm following reports that an infant had been hit by a vehicle. Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance and Advanced Life Support teams attended the scene.

Ambulance Victoria said the child was in a critical condition and was flown to The Royal Children’s Hospital. The one-year-old later died in hospital.

Victoria Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident and will prepare a report for the coroner, a police spokesperson confirmed.

Smythesdale, about 25 kilometres from Ballarat, has a population of about 1,800 people.