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A search for an alleged hit-run driver is under way after a mother pushing a pram was struck by a car in Sydney's south-west.
Police were called to Claremont Street in Merrylands about 1.40pm today.
CCTV footage shows the moment the blue Mitizubishi turns into the street, striking the woman as she crosses the road.
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The car can then be seen driving away.
The woman in her 40s was found injured on the side of the road before being taken to hospital in an ambulance with a broken leg.
The baby was found unharmed in the pram.
Witnesses told police that the driver of the blue Mitsubishi failed to stop.
Local Mohammed Narrouzi was the first to assist the woman after she was hit.
"She was bleeding and (I) asked her what happened and she was barely speaking," Narrouzi said.
The woman, who is from Afghanistan, tried to describe the person behind the wheel to police, with Narrouzi acting as an interpreter.
