A toddler us in critical condition after her stroller was hit by a light truck south of Brisbane. The accident happened as the three-year-old child and her mother were crossing an intersection at Logan.
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00:00 A parent's worst nightmare, ambulance is rushing a three year old girl to hospital.
00:06 A lady pushing a pram with a toddler in it has entered into the intersection with Webber
00:11 Road and the truck has struck the stroller.
00:15 The 40 year old truck driver and other motorists stopping immediately.
00:18 One of them a nursing student providing first aid to the child.
00:22 Her mother was not injured.
00:24 Rendering first aid to the child, the child was in a, not in a good way, but they were
00:28 able to get the child breathing when the ambulance then took over.
00:32 It's still unclear how the crash occurred.
00:34 Witnesses say this stretch of road is known for being busy as police piece together what
00:39 caused this confronting scene.
00:42 From what we can see it looked pretty bad.
00:45 We couldn't really hear anything, we could just see there was a lot of cars everywhere
00:49 stopping and slowing down traffic.
00:51 Investigators say speed was not a factor.
00:54 No one's suggesting that the truck was driving in any untoward manner or in a dangerous way.
00:59 But there are still questions to be answered.
01:02 We don't have any cameras on this intersection.
01:05 Police are appealing for anyone with relevant footage to come forward.
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