Girl, 6, dies in Nambour carpark accident

An elderly woman has reversed her car over a pedestrian crossing on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, killing one girl and injuring her older sister and mother.

A six-year-old girl has been killed and her sister injured after an 86-year-old driver reversed her car into them in a supermarket carpark on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

The two girls were walking across a pedestrian crossing with their mother at the Nambour Mill Village at 12pm Sunday when they were struck by the hatchback.

The six-year-old was taken to Nambour Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Her eight-year-old sister was struck in the lower leg but police say she was fortunate not to receive life-threatening injuries.

Their mother, 37, is also being treated in hospital for minor injuries.

The elderly driver was uninjured but is in shock and is assisting police with their enquiries.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating, and has closed part of the supermarket carpark.


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