Man charged after pregnant woman struck by car and killed in Sydney

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A 33-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn baby died after being struck by a car in Hornsby on Friday night. A 19-year-old man was charged after being arrested at a home in Wahroonga on Saturday morning.

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00:00So what more do we know about this crash?

00:05Mel, hi there.

00:06Well, we know that a car, a Kia Carnival, had slowed down at the entrance of a car park

00:13at the Hornsby train station about 8 o'clock last night

00:17to let the 33-year-old woman walk through the entrance.

00:22But as that car slowed down, it was struck from behind by a BMW

00:29causing the Kia to hit the pedestrian.

00:33Now, paramedics rushed to the scene.

00:35They tried to treat the 33-year-old woman who was 8 months pregnant.

00:41She was rushed to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.

00:45Unfortunately, she and the unborn child died.

00:49Now, we learned just now from police that her husband and her 3-year-old son

00:56were also there and witnessed this tragic incident.

01:00Let's take a listen to what the Assistant Commissioner, David Driver, had to say.

01:05The lady was walking with her family, which included her husband and their 3-year-old son.

01:10Any serious crash is very confronting for first responders

01:12and particularly tragic when people pass away

01:15and indeed when there's children involved.

01:17This is a terrible, terrible story.

01:20Pablo, what charges is the driver facing?

01:22Well, the 19-year-old did assist police at the site of the crash last night.

01:31He underwent mandatory testing.

01:34But early this morning, we know that New South Wales police arrested the 19-year-old

01:39at his home in Wurrunga.

01:41About 12.40 this morning, he was taken to Hornsby Police Station

01:46where he was questioned overnight.

01:48He has since been charged with a number of offences,

01:53including dangerous driving, occasioning death

01:56and the cause of the loss of a foetus or the death of a pregnant woman.

02:01He was refused bail, Mel, and he is expected to face court.

02:06All right, Pablo Vinales reporting there.

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