Child dies following crash - Auburn
Where: Normanby Road, Auburn, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A child has died after being hit by a car in Sydney’s west this afternoon.
About 2.05pm (Tuesday 15 September 2026), emergency services were called to Normanby Road, Auburn, following reports a child had been hit by a car.
Officers attached to Auburn Police Area Command attended and were told a three-year-old girl had been hit by a vehicle while it was entering a driveway.
The girl was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being transported to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.
Police have since been advised the three-year-old has died in hospital.
The driver – a 27-year-old man – was uninjured and was taken to Auburn Hospital for mandatory testing.
A crime scene has been established with an investigation into the incident underway.
A report will be prepared for the information of the NSW Coroner.
As inquiries continue, anyone with information – including CCTV or dashcam footage – is urged to contact Auburn Police Area Command or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Cumberland council area
Cumberland is a council area in New South Wales with about 256,906 residents. It has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 241st of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by robbery (81st percentile), assault (40th percentile), homicide (58th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
- Violent
- 999 per 100k
- Property
- 2,299 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 212 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,108 per 100k
See the full Cumberland crime profile
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