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Updated June 17, 2026 \u2014 7:02pm,first published 5:18pm<\/p>\n
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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Frantic bystanders have desperately tried to save two young children after a car crashed into their pram in Sydney\u2019s south-west, even lifting the SUV onto its side to rescue one trapped underneath.<\/p>\n The two children, aged one and five, died in the horror accident at the intersection of Gilbert and Joseph streets in Cabramatta just after 3pm on Wednesday. A 33-year-old woman, believed by police to be their mother, was treated at the scene for minor injuries.<\/p>\n Superintendent Timothy Calman said the woman was pushing the pram when it was struck by the car.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s probably one of the most confronting scenes that police have come across dealing with young children,\u201d Calman told reporters.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had a number of motorists that actually stopped and collectively have moved the vehicle onto its side, tipped the car over in order to get one of the children from underneath the vehicle. Other bystanders have assisted with CPR to assist the children and the children\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n \u201cThe community involved here this afternoon, was, I can only say, it\u2019s phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n The children were treated by paramedics at the scene before being rushed to hospital, where they later died.<\/p>\n The 56-year-old male driver was uninjured. He was arrested and taken to Liverpool Hospital for mandatory testing.<\/p>\n Footage obtained by Nine News shows the SUV on its side. A pram can be seen nearby.<\/p>\n A crime scene has been established and the Crash Investigation Unit are at the site near the Cumberland Highway.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Be the first to know when major news happens. Sign up for breaking news alerts<\/a> on email or turn on notifications in the app.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0d253dc3498a829aa5c05f1019577fb5fe8e7b4a.jpeg\")
The Cumberland Highway has been closed where two children were hit and killed in their pram.Janie Barrett<\/p>\n![\"Emily](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19c951cda8116930e5645fc74f2bba770b60be950141d2307c74db4a59b147e5.png\")
Emily Kaine<\/a> is a national news blogger at The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated June 17, 2026 \u2014 7:02pm,first published 5:18pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-742310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742310","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=742310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}