A 12-YEAR-OLD boy hit by a car yesterday afternoon and flown to the Royal Children's Hospital is now in a stable condition.Police are investigating the accident and say speeding, drugs and alcohol were not involved.Earlier:PARAMEDICS are amazed a boy survived being hit by a car in a 100km/h zone near Marong yesterday.The 12-year-old Marong boy was hit on the Serpentine Road after getting off a school bus at 4.30pm.The boy was flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital with a head injury and leg fractures. The Marong boy is put into the chopper. 
A hospital spokeswoman said the boy was in a serious condition late last night. MICA paramedics Luke Coates and Andrew Blair said the boy was ‘very lucky’ given the high speed of the crash.
Editorial: Marong incident brings a timely reminder for all“In all honesty, when we turned up he was fully conscious and the first question he asked was: ‘Am I going to live?’,” Mr Coates said.“It was a big relief for me. He was a very, very lucky boy. You don’t get away from a crash like that very often.”Mr Blair said as soon as he saw the boy on the road and the car, he assumed the worse.“He was in a lot of pain in one leg. But he was chatting the whole time. It’s amazing to be hit like that and lying there talking,’’ he said.“His brother and sister saw it and that’s never good. You hope he’ll be OK.”Paramedics used fluids and pain relief to stabilise the boy before taking him to the air ambulance.A 22-year-old Marong man who was driving the car that hit the boy was clearly distraught at the scene.Senior Constable Rachel Colliver said police would investigate the accident.“Our prime concern at the moment is the young boy and young driver,” she said.“The boy has been struck with considerable speed.”Senior Constable Colliver said it was possible children on the school bus had witnessed the crash.Bendigo man Chris Walker came across the accident while delivering food for Petstock.Mr Walker said a woman he assumed was the young boy’s mother was calming him while on the phone.“She was telling him not to move. You could see his toes moving and his eyes were open. You just want some sort of confirmation,’’ he said. “What took me was the lady that was on the phone – she was upset but she was in control. He was lucky to have someone so in control on the phone. No one moved him.’’Mr Walker said he also comforted the driver of the black car that hit the boy.“He was in shock. He said the boy just ran out onto the road and there was nothing he could do to stop any quicker,’’ he said.“He said he hit him hard but he felt as though he stopped just after he hit him and he was hoping that was enough not to cause any major damage.“I was saying: ‘Mate, I don’t know the circumstances here but his eyes are open’. “He was saying: ‘He’s going to be airlifted and I’m going to feel it’s my fault’.“Another gentleman was driving behind the black car and said the boy just charged across the road. He said he wouldn’t have thought that a driver of 20 years experience could have been able to stop.’’Mr Walker praised the ambulance service for its prompt response.“They get a bad rap. We were a fair way out and two ambulances were there within 10 minutes,’’ he said.Mr Walker said there were also good signs of humanity in the circumstances.“People were really responsible. We were waving them down – they didn’t know us but they were pulling over. People were turning around. Asking if the kid was okay,’’ he said.Mr Walker said his thoughts were with the family of the young boy. “If you talk to the family, wish them all the best from us,’’ he said.
