Police seize car after wheel strikes boy

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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001028,00.html

Originally Posted by News.com.au

May 13, 2009 06:46am


POLICE have seized a car for mechanical examination after a wheel fell off and struck a 10-year-old boy standing at a Sydney bus stop.

The boy remains in a critical condition at The Children's Hospital at Westmead with head, ankle and abdominal injuries after the accident, which happened just before 4pm (AEST) yesterday.

The boy was standing at the stop on Lane Cove Road at North Ryde when a wheel came loose from a white Nissan Skyline sedan travelling south, police said.

Police spoke to the driver of the car, a 33-year-old Yagoona man, at the scene and he was taken to hospital for mandatory tests.

The car was seized for mechanical examination, police said.

Lane Cove Rd was closed for four hours in the wake of the accident.

Police are asking for anyone who saw what happened to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Poor kid. I can see large ramifications if it turns out the Skyline was running wheels with the wrong offset / wheel spacers / wrong centre hole size etc.