Queensland schoolgirl, nine, rushed to hospital with serious head injury after she was hit by a car

A nine-year-old schoolgirl has been rushed to hospital with a serious head injury after she was hit by a car outside a school – almost in the same place where a 12-year-old boy was hit several years ago. 

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Augusta Boulevard and Dixon Dr in Pimpama, on the Gold Coast, just after 8.20am on Friday, following reports a young girl had been struck by a car.  

The accident happened near Pimpama State Secondary College and Pimpama State Primary College. 

Paramedics treated the nine-year-old for a head injury before rushing her to Gold Coast University Hospital. 

The girl is in a serious but stable condition. 

Police said the accident happened when the girl was attempting to cross the road with the car involved remaining at the scene.

A police investigation into the incident is ongoing. 

In 2018, a 12-year-old boy was struck by a car just around the corner and broke his leg in two places. 

Pimpama State Primary College student Riley Haydon broke two bones in his leg when he was runover by a slow moving car just metres from his school. 

Road safety attendants and a zebra crossing was approved by the state-government for the dangerous roads.

Outraged parents had been fighting the state-government for the installation of pedestrian crossings around Pimpama schools after two similar incidents occurred earlier in 2018.