100-year-old woman dies after hit by van, NSW

A report will be prepared for the Coroner following the death of a woman after she was hit by a van on the state’s Central Coast last week. , NSW Police say

About 8.50am on Friday 8 July 2016, a 49-year-old man was reversing out of a driveway on Schnapper Road, Ettalong Beach, when the Hyundai iLoad van he was driving hit a 100-year-old woman.

The woman was assisted by an off-duty nurse until NSW Ambulance Paramedics arrived and treated the woman at the scene.

She was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital; however, died a short time later.

The 49-year-old driver was taken to Gosford Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.

Officers from Brisbane Water Local Area Command attended and are investigating the incident.

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