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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 died after being struck by a car in Hornsby on Friday evening.
A 19-year-old man was arrested at a home in Wahroonga on Saturday morning.
The man is helping police with their inquiries at Hornsby Police Station
A man has been arrested 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 night, 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.
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.
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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