NSW sees 40 pedestrians hit in five days

About 40 people have been hit by cars in NSW in the past five days, and paramedics are appealing to pedestrians to be on the alert.

Among this week’s victims were a mother killed by a school bus, a woman injured while pushing her baby in a pram and a young boy who ran into traffic and remains in an induced coma.

The Ambulance Service of NSW says it’s difficult to attribute the spike in incidents to any one factor.

“There’s definitely a trend going on,” said Danielle Mills, spokesperson for the Ambulance Service of NSW.

“It could be many reasons – people not looking or not noticing [traffic].

“It’s a bit worrying.”

More than 25 cases of vehicles hitting pedestrians have been recorded this week in Sydney, compared with only 10 in the same period last year.

Of these, 14 occurred in school zone hours.

Mijin Shin, carrying her 11-month-old baby, was hit and killed in Beecroft on Wednesday afternoon by a school bus that was carrying her 11-year-old daughter.

The baby girl was hurled from her mother’s arms but escaped injury.

A six-year-old boy ran into traffic at Woolooware on Thursday afternoon and was hit by a Volkswagen sedan.

He remains in an induced coma at The Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick.

And a woman pushing her baby in a pram suffered minor injuries on Friday afternoon when she was hit by a car in Chatswood.

Mike Willis, Acting Chief Executive of Ambulance Service of NSW, said people must keep an eye on their surroundings at all times.

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