Netcare 911 911 paramedics responded to a pedestrian accident on Simon Bekker Road in Tedstoneville, Germiston this morning.
“Upon their arrival on scene they found that a six-year-old child had been knocked over by a motor vehicle”, said Santi Steinman of Netcare 911.
The child was treated on scene and rushed to a nearby hospital but tragically died upon arrival at the hospital.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.