A 9-year-old child is recovering in a Sydney hospital after a collision with a marked police car that was en route to an emergency fire call on the city’s North Shore. The incident unfolded at approximately 7:20 p.m. on Monday along the Pacific Highway in St Leonards, just a short distance from the Christie Street blaze that officers were rushing to contain.
Upon impact, first responding officers immediately provided on-site emergency care to the injured boy, before teams of paramedics arrived to upgrade treatment ahead of transport. After stabilizing the child at the crash site, medical teams transferred him to Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, where he remains in stable condition as of Tuesday.
The driver of the police vehicle, a male senior constable with New South Wales Police, underwent mandatory breath alcohol testing at the scene immediately after the collision, and the test returned a negative result, ruling out impairment as a factor in the incident.
Authorities confirmed on Tuesday that formal investigations into the full circumstances of the crash are still ongoing. No further details about the child’s identity or the extent of his injuries have been released to the public at this time.