# Seven-Year-Old Girl Heroically Pulls Her Siblings to Safety After Car Crash

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/news-opinion/general/seven-year-old-girl-heroically-pulls-her-siblings-to-safety-after-car-crash/
- Published: 2016-11-02T11:26:19+11:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

#### _A�seven-year-old girl was hailed a hero for pulling�free her two younger siblings who were trapped inside the�car they were riding after a horrific�car crash�in�regional Queensland._

The�three girls were passengers in their mother’s car when it crashed on the side
of the road west of Kilcoy, in regional Queensland about 7.45am on Tuesday morning.

The car was believed to have veered off the road in wet conditions�when it left 
Gregors Creek Road before it flipped and landed on its roof, leaving the mother 
who was driving�the car trapped in the vehicle.

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LifeFlight Critical Care Doctor Matthew Mulkeen told [The Courier Mail](http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/woman-trapped-in-crashed-car/news-story/56b0ac77a534c88686ad69058efadab6)
that the girl had managed to escape�from the wreckage before crawling back in to
rescue her two-year-old and three-year-old siblings. She then managed to unbuckle
her younger siblings and help them out. By the time emergency crews arrived, all
three children were out of the vehicle. They were not injured in the crash because
they were strapped into their seats.

Their 28-year-old mother, who was left trapped inside the vehicle, needed to be 
cut out of her seat by emergency services before she was airlifted to Nambour Hospital.
She suffered suspected chest and arm injuries and possible spinal injuries, but 
her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The children were also taken to Nambour Hospital by ambulance to be further assessed.

It is yet unclear what caused the crash with the car sliding off the wet road as
investigations into the crash are ongoing.

Sources:�[Dailymail.co.uk](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3892538/Girl-7-pulls-siblings-aged-two-three-car-crash-wreckage-Kilcoy-Queensland.html),
�[Au.news.yahoo.com](https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/33075202/girl-pulls-siblings-from-car-wreckage-as-mother-was-trapped-inside/#page1),
and�[Thereporter.com.au](http://www.thereporter.com.au/news/girl-7-pulls-siblings-from-crash-wreckage/3106884/)

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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