<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 16-year-old boy is fighting for life after being hit by a car on a night out at Kirrawee in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney's"><span>Sydney's</span></a><span> south.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A last-minute decision to cross the road at the wrong time left the </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/teens" rel="" target="" title="teen"><span>teen</span></a><span> with potentially life-long injuries. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday, just before midnight, a group of four mates made it safely to a pedestrian refuge on the Princes Highway before making a dash for it during a break in traffic.</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/national/boy-dies-following-accidental-shooting/7a258163-6daf-4657-b9ba-df9f7a0ace41"><strong><span>Nine-year-old dead after accidental shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the 16-year-old delayed and was hit by a car unable to stop as it drove through the intersection on a green light.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was thrown metres into the air, coming to a stop 40 metres down the road.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We heard a really loud thump, bang," one Kirrawee resident said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-boy-16-fighting-for-life-after-being-hit-by-car-crossing-busy-kirrawee-road/bce681ad-c491-4eb0-9c7c-2cac9c6e668f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Unusual sound so we went out and had a look and this poor man was sprawled on the road."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His friends ran to the 16-year-old's aid but he had suffered major head trauma and internal injuries and was rushed to St George Hospital in a critical condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics treated the 20-year-old P-plate driver for shock.</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/national/federal-election-2025-labor-government-promises-ten-billion-dollar-package-five-per-cent-deposits-first-homebuyers/c18c8817-5660-4134-b16c-7700e25c738f"><strong><span>Labor promises automatic $1k tax deduction</span></strong></a></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/national/federal-election-2025-peter-dutton-liberal-party-promises-cost-of-living-tax-relief/d5cb2c5f-eb18-4ca1-86e5-4c1b1e2215cb" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Dutton promises $12k relief for one group of homebuyers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While investigations are ongoing police say there's nothing at this stage to suggest the driver was doing anything wrong. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She returned a negative roadside drug and alcohol test.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Simpson raised concerns about the safety of the pedestrian crossing itself.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A six-lane road and the lights don't go for the pedestrian to go all the way across, they stop, you have to stop in the middle and there is a lag between so people take the risk and go, so it's really dangerous," she said.</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"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><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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