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Boy breathes on his own for first time since being struck by tyre

The five-year-old boy who was hit by a tyre when it flew off a ute allegedly performing a burnout north of Brisbane is breathing on his own for the first time since the accident.
The boy, whose family did not want to be named, suffered life-threatening head injuries after he was hit on the footpath outside the Caboolture Square Shopping Centre with his three-year-old brother and father on Wednesday, November 25.
The child remains at Queensland Children’s Hospital. His parents have not left his side.Credit:Christopher Frederick Jones
Police alleged the driver began to spin the wheels as the traffic lights at the intersection of King Street and Morayfield Road turned green when a wheel dislodged from the ute and struck the boy.
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