Toddler dies after being run over in Deception Bay near Brisbane, Queensland
Every parent’s worst nightmare: Toddler dies after being run over by a car he was playing in a driveway
- One-year-old boy dies after being run over by a car
- It is believed that the baby has been playing in the driveway
A toddler, just weeks away from his first birthday, has died after being run over by a reversing car while playing in a driveway north of Brisbane.
Emergency services found the baby boy in critical condition when they arrived at the Deception Bay home around 10:15 a.m. Monday.
The child was said to have suffered serious head injuries in the collision.
The baby’s grandmother, Carolyn Glenn, said her son and the baby’s mother traveled to Redcliffe Hospital with paramedics.
“I’m just numb,” Ms. Glenn told the Courier Mail.
“You see this happening to other families. I can’t believe it happened to us.”
The one-year-old baby boy was in critical condition when emergency services arrived at the home in Deception Bay around 10:15 a.m. Monday (stock image)
The baby’s aunt said the little boy was about to celebrate his first birthday.
Stuffed animals have been placed in the driveway of the George Street residence.
Deception Bay, in the Moreton Bay region of Queensland, is located 30 km north of Brisbane.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Queensland Police for comment.