By Cam Lucadou-Wells
An outpouring of sympathy has been sent to a Narre Warren South family of a four-year-old boy fatally hit by a four-wheel drive that crashed through a Berwick medical clinic car park.
Within three days, more than 350 donations worth a total of $17,000 have been pledged on a memorial crowdfunding website set up for Brax Aidan Kyle and his grieving family.
The money was to support the family “during this difficult time”, the page stated.
Well-wishers also wrote a stream of condoling messages and prayers for Brax, his brother and parents on the site.
“My heart breaks for you all,” one commented.
“Fly high little Brax. Take that smile and shine bright through those clouds.”
Flowers and notes have also been laid at the Kangan Drive clinic’s entrance where Brax had been struck while holding his father’s hand about noon on 21 April.
Paramedics and Epworth HealthCare staff on the spot fought to revive him shortly after the crash.
In a statement, his family thanked the community, relatives and friends for their support.
“Our darling Brax was tragically killed in a car accident,” the family wrote.
“Our family thank the community, extended family and friends for respecting our privacy and for all your love and support.”
The 56-year-old driver of a Toyota LandCruiser has yet to be interviewed by police.
The Pakenham man was reported to have just left Casey Hospital after a dialysis procedure.
His vehicle had crossed a Kangan Road median strip, launched airborne and struck several cars as it careered through the car park.
He was taken to Dandenong Hospital in a stable condition.
Detective Sergeant Mark Amos, of Victoria Police, said Brax’s father had “gone outside with his son, holding his hand, doing what good dads do”.
“It clearly shows they’ve got two very caring parents looking after child and this has come clean out of the sky on them.
“There’s no way you could predict this was going to happen.”
The crowdfunding page is www.mycause.com.au/page/149248
