Boy, 9, ran against red light into police car, dash cam and witnesses confirm.
NSW Police at the scene of a crash on the Pacific Highway in St Leonards on Monday evening. Alt text: NSW Police officers at a crash scene on the Pacific Highway in St Leonards at night.
By ANNA USHER
A nine-year-old boy who was hospitalised after being struck by a marked police vehicle on the Pacific Highway in St Leonards ran against a red light and into the side of the car, with dash cam footage and multiple witnesses confirming the account.
The child was hit about 7.20pm on Monday (1 June) as a senior constable drove to a nearby fire on Christie St.
Police are investigating the circumstances of a crash involving a marked vehicle on the Pacific Highway in St Leonards. ALT TEXT: NSW Police on a Sydney road.
Speaking on 2GB’s Ben Fordham program, Detective Superintendent Paul Devaney from North Shore Police Area Command said he personally reviewed the footage and the picture was unambiguous.
“They’ve [the child] run across the road against the traffic lights. Police had a green light, and as I said, I watched the dash cam footage. We had a number of witnesses come forward, and it’s quite clear that the young boy runs into the side of the police car, then is propelled across to the other side of the road,” Detective Superintendent Devaney told Fordham.
Detective Superintendent Devaney said both officers in the vehicle were affected by the incident.
“The police car was driven by a 36-year-old senior constable who was accompanied by a probationary constable. They were both quite shaken up by the incident,” he said.
The child was hit about 7.20pm on Monday, June 1 at around 7:20pm.
Police officers treated the child at the scene before paramedics arrived. He was transported to Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, where he remains in a stable condition.
The driver was breathalysed at the scene and returned a negative result.
Police confirmed on Tuesday that investigations into the circumstances of the crash are continuing.
Off-duty officer caught at Cammeray
In a separate incident, an off-duty senior constable has been fined $704 and had his licence suspended for three months after allegedly drink-driving on the Warringah Freeway off-ramp at Cammeray on the same day.
An off-duty senior constable has had his licence suspended for three months after allegedly drink-driving on the Warringah Freeway off-ramp at Cammeray.
The 36-year-old, who is attached to a specialist command, was stopped during a random breath test about 11.50am on 1 June.
He was taken to Chatswood Police Station where a breath analysis returned an alleged reading of 0.054 – just above the legal limit of 0.05.
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