<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sam Kerr touched down in Perth on Saturday, after her </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sam-kerr-grandmother-coral-kerr-critical-condition-hit-by-car-getting-off-bus-palmyra-perth/2b2be310-ca2b-4547-9431-7ffe16712f84" rel="" target="" title="grandmother Coral Kerr was hit by a car in Palmyra on Friday"><span>grandmother Coral Kerr was hit by a car in Palmyra on Friday</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Matildas' captain was celebrating a teammate's wedding yesterday in the Hunter Valley when she received the news about her grandmother.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's a bit shocked," Sam's father Roger Kerr said of his daughter at Perth Airport.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/wa-police-officer-hospitalised-after-alleged-assaulted-by-teens/cm580ouev00070hpgxi7xlq43"><strong><span>WA Police officer hospitalised after alleged assault by teens</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's gone straight there to see her grandmother now and we'll follow."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sam's brother Daniel picked them up from the airport as the family rushed to be by the 89-year-old's bedside at Royal Perth Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a heartbreaking coincidence for the family - Coral's accident took place at the very intersection her husband Denzil Kerr, Sam's grandfather, was hit by a car and killed at 20 years ago.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sam-kerr-by-grandmother-coral-kerr-side-in-hospital-as-driver-charged-over-incident/5ee8972c-1874-4ff0-a487-0a8fba4aedf6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was one side of the road and he was the other, so it's really a tragic set of circumstances," neighbour Mary Ivey said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/woman-dies-in-holiday-road-tragedy-in-south-australia/cm57vkqpi000a0hnsauvtf2cx"><strong><span>Woman dies in holiday road tragedy in South Australia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses say a ute was trying to overtake a bus at the intersection of Marmion Street and Justinian Street in Palmyra just before 11am on Friday, when it mounted the footpath, knocking a power pole and allegedly hitting Coral as she got off the bus.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><span>The 89-year-old was just metres away from her Marmion Street home, with neighbours rushing to her aid.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She started to come to and recognised me," Ivey said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And was able to talk to us and let us know, you know, that she was in pain."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Coral is in a serious but stable condition and is undergoing surgery for a broken ankle, femur, and hip. She also suffered concussion during the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver, a 63-year-old man from Willagee, has since been charged with one count of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He told 9News the crash was unintentional.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He's now facing up to seven years in jail and will face court in the new year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" title="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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