{"id":477029,"date":"2026-02-13T09:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/477029\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:32:10","slug":"teenager-hit-by-a-car-at-narre-warren-in-melbournes-south-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/477029\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager hit by a car at Narre Warren in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A teenager is fighting for life in hospital after being hit by a car in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said the 16-year-old boy was struck on Pound Road at Narre Warren South about 4:30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">An air ambulance, mobile intensive care ambulance and advanced life support paramedics were called to the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A ambulance van is parked beside a red, blue and white helicopter with the word &quot;ambulance&quot; on the tail on grass.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2dea8c6f63d0625ddd106bab4569bdf8.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The 16-year-old boy was rushed to hospital. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A white car with a black room sits on grass beside a road, with its crumpled front resting against a tree.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/d8ef07095d0cd96d85324f65cf61cc2b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police said a driver crashed into a tree after hitting a 16-year-old boy on Pound Road. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The boy was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said the female driver of the car was assessed at the scene after she crashed into a tree.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police officers stand near a police car while others stand in the middle of a road lined with trees.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9cc80c9a58c1fb2d1d3bc20271f29182.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The incident happened on Pound Road in Narre Warren South. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The exact circumstances surrounding the collision are yet to be established and an investigation is ongoing,&#8221; a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police appealed for any witnesses to the incident or anyone who had dashcam or CCTV footage to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimestoppersvic.com.au\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.crimestoppersvic.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenager is fighting for life in hospital after being hit by a car in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east today.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9495,64,63,5865,44,2948,12628,36149,2024],"class_list":["post-477029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-ambulance","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-car","tag-news","tag-pedestrian","tag-teenager","tag-tree","tag-victoria-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}