Summary:
A seven-year-old boy is critically ill after being hit by a car in Sydney, Australia.

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A seven-year-old boy is in a serious condition after being struck by a taxi when he ran onto the road to chase a basketball, according to witnesses. The child was airlifted to hospital after he was hit by the car in Sydney's inner west at around 5.40pm on Tuesday, in the city-bound bus lane on Victoria Road, Drummoyne. He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and a doctor from the Careflight Helicopter, before he was taken by helicopter to Westmead Children's Hospital. The taxi driver has been taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests. The seven-year-old was airlifted to Westmead Children's Hospital after he was hit by a car . Witnesses told police that the little boy was chasing his ball onto the road in the immediate moments before the taxi hit him . He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and a doctor from the Careflight Helicopter . The man driving the taxi involved in the crash (pictured) has been taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests . Police at the scene, next to the flattened basketball that the boy had allegedly run onto the road to retrieve . The seven-year-old was taken to hospital in a serious condition . The boy was hit in Sydney's inner west at around 5.40pm on Tuesday, in the city-bound bus lane on Victoria Road, Drummoyne . The boy was taken to nearby Brett Park to be treated by NSW Ambulance officers, before being taken to hospital .