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At approximately 1:20pm on Monday, emergency services were called to Vermont Road in Smythesdale, near Ballarat, after a report of an infant being hit by a car. A Victoria Police spokesperson confirmed that the girl was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries. However, according to News | Mail Online, the one-year-old later died from her injuries on Monday night at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Smythesdale is a small town of about 1,800 people, roughly 25 kilometers southwest of Ballarat. Victoria Police have launched an investigation into the incident and will prepare a report for the coroner.

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“Both articles describe the same infant girl being hit by a car on Vermont Road in Smythesdale at approximately 1:20 pm, leading to her airlifted critical condition and subsequent death.”

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Emergency services were called to the Vermont Road address in Smythesdale, near Ballarat, about 1.20pm on Monday following reports a child had been hit by a car. Specialist paramedics assessed the toddler before she was rushed by road ambulance to a nearby park to be airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in critical condition. She died from her injuries on Monday night.

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🔮 Victoria Police have launched an investigation into the incident and will prepare a report for the coroner.

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Toddler dies after she was struck by a car at a home in Smythesdale, Victoria · mixed framing

A one-year-old girl has died after being struck by a car in the driveway of a home in Victoria's Central Highlands. asserted

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Emergency services were called to the Vermont Road address in Smythesdale, near Ballarat, about 1.20pm on Monday following reports a child had been hit by a car. Specialist paramedics assessed the toddler before she was rushed by road ambulance to a nearby park to be airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in critical condition. She died from her injuries on Monday night. asserted

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Victoria Police have launched an investigation into the incident and will prepare a report for the coroner. asserted

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A white ute remained in the driveway cordoned off with police tape on Monday afternoon. asserted

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Multiple police vehicles were parked outside. asserted

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Two other young children left the home with relatives following the tragedy, according to the Herald Sun. uncertain

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A one-year-old girl died after being hit by a car at a home in Smythesdale Police spent most of the afternoon at the scene of the tragedy Smythesdale is a small rural town with a population of 1,800, according to the 2021 census. Do you know more? uncertain

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Toddler dies after she was struck by a car at a home in Smythesdale, Victoria

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