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Eight-year-old boy in an induced coma after he was hit by a car while crossing street near bus stop in Bees Creek

An eight-year-old boy is in an induced coma and "lucky to be alive" after he was struck by a car after getting off a bus in Darwin's rural area. 

Police said emergency services were called to the scene on Bees Creek Road, where the child had been hit while crossing the road, at about 3pm on Tuesday.

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