Woman fighting for life and baby girl injured after unoccupied car rolls down slope and smashes into them
A woman is fighting for her life in hospital and a baby girl is in a serious condition after a driverless car rolled down a slope and crashed into them.
The 13-month-old baby and the woman, 67, were hit by the car in a cul-de-sac at Wood Ridge, near Edgewater Drive in Perth’s north, at 3.30pm on Friday.
No one was in the car when it collided with the woman and baby.
A car (pictured) that rolled down a slope in Perth’s north struck a woman and a 13-month-old girl on Friday afternoon
The elderly woman was trapped under the car after the collision and had to be rescued by firefighters before being rushed to hospital (pictured)
Emergency services rushed the baby to Perth Children’s Hospital, where the little girl remains in a serious condition.
The 67-year-old woman had to be freed from under the car by firefighters.
WA Department of Fire and Emergency crews used hydraulics to lift the car so the woman could be removed from under the vehicle.
She was treated by paramedics at the scene for over an hour before being transported to Royal Perth Hospital with serious injuries.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Royal Perth Hospital, Perth Children’s Hospital and Western Australian Police in connection with the incident.
The woman was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital (pictured) after suffering serious injuries