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A five-year-old boy who was flown to the Royal Children's Hospital is now in a stable condition after a collision with a motorbike at Curdievale on Saturday.
"The patient is in a stable condition," a hospital spokeswoman said.
Emergency services were called to a dirt track off Curdievale's Whiskey Creek Road at 12.28pm on Saturday.
The five-year-old boy ran out in front of a dirt motorbike ridden by a family friend aged about 30 years old.
The boy suffered upper body injuries and was transported by road ambulance to the Timboon Recreation Reserve before being flown to the Royal Children's Hospital by the HEMS4 helicopter.
At that time the boy was in a serious condition.
Police officers are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the collisions, but it is believed that the rider is not a licensed motorcycle rider and the dirt bike unregistered.
Acting Sergeant Giles said it was timely to remind anyone who wanted to ride a motorbike in public that the bike needed to be registered and the rider licensed.
"Anyone riding or driving on public roads, or even tracks, need to be appropriately licensed and their vehicle needs to be registered," he said.
"Drivers and riders always need to be aware of all potential hazards, including children being in the near vicinity," he said.
Sunday, 1pm:
A five-year-old boy was flown to the Royal Children's Hospital in a serious condition after a collision with a motorbike at Curdievale on Saturday.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said officers were called to Curdievale at 12.28pm Saturday after a collision involving a five-year-old pedestrian and a motorbike.
He said the pre-school aged boy ran onto a dirt track and was struck by a motorbike.
The spokesman said the boy suffered some head and facial injuries and general soreness.
It was described as a multi-trauma incident, but there were no obvious fractures.
At that time, the boy was in a serious condition, he was transported to the Timboon Recreation Reserve where he was airlifted by the HEMS4 helicopter to the Royal Children's Hospital with upper body injuries.
Camperdown police Acting Sergeant Glenn Giles said a man aged about 30 years old was riding the motorbike on a dirt track off Whiskey Creek Road about 1pm Saturday when the collision happened.
He said the child had run out in front of the family friend on the motorbike.
"The incident occurred in a forest area and the boy was assessed and transported by ambulance," he said.
Police officers are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the collisions, but it is believed that the rider is not a licensed motorcycle rider and the dirt bike unregistered.
Acting Sergeant Giles said it was timely to remind anyone who wanted to ride a motorbike in public that the bike needed to be registered and the rider licensed.
"Anyone riding or driving on public roads, or even tracks, need to be appropriately licensed and their vehicle needs to be registered," he said.
"Drivers and riders always need to be aware of all potential hazards, including children being in the near vicinity," he said.
Earlier: A five-year-old child has suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by an unregistered dirt motorbike at Curdievale on Saturday.
Camperdown police Acting Sergeant Glenn Giles said a man aged about 30 years old was riding the motorbike on a dirt track off Whiskey Creek Road about 1pm Saturday when the collision happened.
He said the child had run out in front of the family friend on the motorbike.
"The incident occurred in a forest area. The child was transported by road ambulance," he said.
"It's understood the injuries the child suffered were non-life-threatening."
Police officers are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the collisions, but it is believed that the rider is not a licensed motorcycle rider and the dirt bike unregistered.
Acting Sergeant Giles said it was timely to remind anyone who wanted to ride a motorbike in public that the bike needed to be registered and the rider licensed.
"Anyone riding or driving on public roads, or even tracks, need to be appropriately licensed and their vehicle needs to be registered," he said.
"Drivers and riders always need to be aware of all potential hazards, including children being in the near vicinity," he said.
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