A mother & her 6 month old baby have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after they were trapped under a car in Perkins Street Newcastle. The car crashed into a cafe in just before 12.30.
Bystanders have been forced to lift a car off a woman after it mounted the kerb and ran her and her baby over in Newcastle.
A police spokeswoman said the driver reversed into a parked car on the corner of Perkins and Hunter streets in the Newcastle CBD and then bounced off, mounted the kerb and smashed into the front of a cafe.
A woman walking on the footpath with her child was struck by the car.
Several people helped lift the car off the woman.
Paramedics treated the woman at the scene before taking her to John Hunter Hospital for treatment.
Police are now appealing for witnesses. Anyone with further information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333
