A nine-year-old boy is in hospital with critical injuries after being struck by an alleged drink driver at Springwood last night (December 25), Queensland Police say.
Police will alleged around 7.20pm a vehicle was travelling along Jardine Street when it failed to negotiate a turn into Rholanda Crescent, colliding with a parked vehicle before then striking the boy who was walking nearby.
The car then continue driving through a hedge, colliding with a large water tank before crashing into a house situated in Rholanda Cresent. The house sustained substantial damage to its right hand side.
The boy, from Redbank Plains, was transported to the Lady Cilento Hospital in a critical condition.
The driver, a 24-year-old Springwood man has been spoken to by police and investigations by the Forensic Crash Unit are continuing.
Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.
