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7NEWS
21 hours ago
- 7NEWS
‘They were in the air': schoolgirls hit by fishtailing car in terrifying crash in Bellbird Park, Ipswich
Three schoolgirls have miraculously escaped with their lives after an out-of-control car ploughed into them as they walked home from school with the terrifying moment was captured on CCTV. Initial investigations indicate about 3.30pm, a white Ford Falcon allegedly struck three pedestrians on Harris Street in Bellbird Park, Ipswich, before crashing through a fence and into a tree, Queensland Police Service (QPS) said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Car fishtails into school girls on sidewalk The footage shows the moment the car loses control, fishtailing down the street with tyres screeching before veering up onto the footpath into the group. Seconds later, a panicked mother's voice pierces the chaos. 'You just hit my daughter!' Jade Newton's daughters and a friend were just metres from home. She had just turned onto the street when she spotted the car skidding. 'I seen the car, I seen them losing control ... and I remembered the girls were on the footpath,' she told 7NEWS. 'I looked over and my daughters were in the air.' Miraculously, all three girls survived nearly unharmed, with only one sustaining minor injuries. Kiarrah Buttery, Newton's daughter, has only a sore arm. 'All I could see was the car coming towards us,' Kiaarrah said. 'So our friend who was walking with us — my first instinct was just to get them out of the way.' Teenage driver behind the wheel Behind the wheel of the Ford Falcon was a teenage boy, a red P-plater, reportedly with two friends in the car. Jade's partner, Eligh Bryett, said it looked like reckless showing off. 'He had two friends with him so I can only assume he was showing off.' 'It was just ... unimaginable.' While the physical injuries were minor, the fear and trauma remain raw for Newton and her daughters. 'You get behind the wheel of a car, you're putting everybody else's lives around you in your hands,' Newton said. Kirrah's younger sister Delilah was one of the girls hit. However, she expressed more concern for the driver than herself. 'I was scared that Mum was going to hurt that boy ... he's just in high school.' 'I didn't want his mum to ground him.' Newton said she usually isn't spiritual, but the close call it made her think. 'Normally I'd say guardian angels are just a load of crap, but somebody was watching over them.' Investigations into the circumstance of the incident are ongoing.
Sky News AU
a day ago
- Sky News AU
Shocking footage shows moment car ploughs into girls on footpath in Bellbird Park, south-east Queensland
Terrifying footage has emerged of the moment three young girls were struck by an out-of-control car on a footpath near Brisbane. The girls were walking along Harry Street in Bellbird Park last week when a Ford Falcon slid out of control and collided with the children. In CCTV footage of the collision, one of the girls was thrown into the air as the car crashes into them, with a loud bang heard as the vehicle then careens through a metal fence and into a tree. Screams can be heard as passers-by rush over to the trio. Two of the girls were taken to hospital following the collision, along with the car's teen driver, who was a P-plater. Police's initial investigations indicate a Ford Falcon allegedly struck three pedestrians before it crashed about 3.30pm on August 12. Queensland Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash, a spokesman told The mother of two of the girls, Jade Newton, was just a few metres away from the crash scene and told 7News she had looked over to see her daughters "in the air". "I'd seen the car, seen them losing control and then I remember that the girls were on the footpath," Ms Newton said. Kiarrah Buttery, one of the girls who was injured, said she could see the car coming before it struck and that her "first instinct" was to try and get her friend "out of the way". The Queensland Ambulance Service said four people were assessed by paramedics at the scene, and two girls, both in a stable condition were taken to Queensland Children's Hospital with minor injuries. The person behind the wheel, who was a male teenager, was taken to Ipswich Hospital in a stable condition, the statement said. A third girl was uninjured and did not require hospitalisation.
