Inquiries are continuing to identify the driver of a truck which hit a toddler on the Central Coast yesterday.
\nEmergency services were called to Pacific Highway at Ourimbah about 3.45pm (Thursday 25 October 2018), after a two-year-old boy was struck by a white pantech truck as it was driven out of a service station.
\nThe child was treated at the scene by paramedics and flown by Westpac Rescue helicopter to John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
\nPolice have been told the child was placed into an induced coma as a precaution; however, it appears he\u2019s escaped with only superficial cuts and grazes.
\nThe truck driver did not stop and was last seen driving north along the highway.
\nOfficers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District and the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, are investigating and believe the driver may not be aware he\u2019d struck the boy, who had wandered away from a home nearby.
\nPolice are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed or have any dashcam vision in that area around that time or has any information about this incident to contact Wyong Police on 4356 6099 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
\nAnyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Inquiries are continuing to identify the driver of a truck which hit a toddler on the Central Coast yesterday. Emergency services were called to Pacific Highway at Ourimbah about 3.45pm (Thursday 25 October 2018), after a two-year-old boy was struck by a white pantech truck as it was driven out of a service station. The … Continue reading “Toddler hit, truck driver sought – Ourimbah”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}