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By David Hirst
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
A pregnant woman died after being struck by a car in Hornsby. (ABC News)
A 33-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn baby died after being struck by a car in Hornsby on Friday night.
A 19-year-old man was charged after being arrested at a home in Wahroonga on Saturday morning.
The man was refused bail and will appear before Parramatta Local Court on Saturday.
A man has been charged after a woman who was eight months pregnant died when she was struck by a car in Sydney's north-west.
About 8pm on Friday, emergency services responded to reports that a pedestrian had been hit by a car that had been involved in a crash with another vehicle at the entrance of a car park on George Street in Hornsby.
A 33-year-old woman was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical and unstable condition.
Neither the woman nor her unborn baby could be saved.
The white BMW was being driven by a 19-year-old man. (ABC News)
A 19-year-old male driver of a white BMW and a 48-year-old male driver of a silver Kia Carnival station wagon were uninjured.
Both drivers were taken to Hornsby Hospital for mandatory testing.
Police will allege the Kia Carnival was struck from behind by the BMW, causing it to crash into the woman.
The 19-year-old man was arrested at a home in Millewa Avenue, Wahroonga, at 12:45am on Saturday and was taken to Hornsby Police Station.
He was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death — drive manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death) and cause loss of fetus – death of pregnant woman.
He was refused bail and will appear before Parramatta Local Court on Saturday.
Officers from Ku-Ring-Gai Police Area Command established a crime scene that was examined by officers from the Crash Investigation Unit.
Anyone with information about the crash is urged to contact Hornsby Police Station or Crime Stoppers.
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