An Indian-origin woman who was eight months pregnant has died along with her unborn child after being struck in a horrific crash in Sydney’s north-west.
The woman was walking with her husband and three-year-old son when she was struck while crossing the entrance to a car park on George Street in Hornsby about 8pm yesterday.
Emergency services were called shortly after 8pm on Friday (14 November 2025) following reports of a pedestrian hit at the entrance of a carpark on George Street, Hornsby.
Police allege a BMW, driven by a 19-year-old, rear-ended a Kia Carnival, causing the Kia to be forced forward and strike the 33-year-old woman as she walked nearby
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the woman at the scene before rushing her to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition. Despite extensive efforts, she and her unborn baby could not be saved.
Both drivers — the 19-year-old man behind the BMW and the 48-year-old man driving the Kia — were uninjured and underwent mandatory testing at Hornsby Hospital. No other occupants were in either vehicle.
Officers from Ku-Ring-Gai Police Area Command established a crime scene, which was examined by the Crash Investigation Unit.
Police arrested the BMW driver, Aaron Papazoglu, at a Wahroonga home on Millewa Avenue about 12.45am on Saturday (15 November 2025). He was taken to Hornsby Police Station and charged with dangerous driving occasioning death – drive manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death), and causing the loss of a foetus due to the death of a pregnant woman.
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