SYDNEY, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- A man and a child have died after being hit by a vehicle south of Brisbane in eastern Australia on Sunday morning.
Police in the state of Queensland said that emergency services were called to a crash involving a utility vehicle and two pedestrians in the suburb of Regents Park, 22 kilometers south of central Brisbane, around 11:15 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Both pedestrians, a 33-year-old man and a four-year-old boy who were known to each other, died at the scene.
The 41-year-old male driver of the utility vehicle was taken into custody. ■