BREAKING NEWS Child is hit by a truck at Moorebank as driver undergoes mandatory testing
The truck hit the boy, estimated to be 10 years old, about 3.50pm on Thursday afternoon on Maddecks Avenue, Moorebank.
Police said the boy received medical attention for pain in his arm.
He was then taken to hospital for the minor injury.
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