A Victorian family is grieving the loss of their 18-month-old boy after he was run over and killed by a reversing car in the tiny Victorian town of Waubra.
A man in his 30s, reportedly the boy's father, was behind the wheel.
Paramedics were called but "unfortunately the boy died at the scene," a police spokesman said in a statement.
The tragedy comes less than three weeks after a similar incident claimed the life of a three-year-old boy in Robinvale near the Victoria-NSW border.
Kidsafe Victoria says an average of seven children aged under 15 are killed nationally each year in driveway collisions.
Another 60 are seriously injured.
The driver is usually a parent, relative or family friend, Kidsafe says.
Ballarat police told Fairfax Media the man involved in the Waubra incident was the boy's father.
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