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Family’s heartbreak after toddler fatally hit by ute: ‘Special child’
Police say the driver remained at the scene as investigators examine whether the child ran onto the road or a bus blocked the ute’s view.
- On Tuesday at 6:47pm, three-year-old Esha died after being struck by a Nissan Navara utility while walking with her family in Caboolture, north of Brisbane.
- A 49-year-old Caboolture woman was turning the ute from Lynfield Drive onto Toohey Street when the incident occurred; witnesses suggest a bus may have obstructed her view.
- Locals told 7NEWS they heard "harrowing and heartbreaking screams" and rushed to help, while resident Kevin Taylor witnessed a woman clutching the child, describing her as "distraught."
- Esha's grandmother, Amtus Akber, remembered the child as "full of life and full of energy," while paramedics transported three family members and the driver to Caboolture Hospital suffering shock.
- Investigations by the Burpengary Forensic Crash Unit continue into the incident, as the community lays flowers and teddy bears at the roadside to honor the young girl.
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