Coral Kerr, the grandmother of Australian footballer Sam Kerr, was struck by a car while getting off a bus in Palmyra, Perth. The 89-year-old sustained critical injuries and was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital. Witnesses report the driver attempting to overtake the bus mounted the curb, hitting Kerr just meters from her home. Local residents express concern about the increasing number of accidents in the area.
Coral Kerr was getting off a bus in Palmyra just before 11am today when a driver allegedly mounted the curb while trying to overtake the bus and hit the 89-year-old.READ MORE:Neighbours, including Mary Ivey, rushed to Kerr's side to help her and alerted her family.
"A bus pulled up at the bus stop and there was a line of traffic, of cars, but this chap must have got very impatient and he decided he'd pull out and go down on the footpath," neighbour Florence Mudge told 9News.
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