BY LAUREN FREEMANTLE

A 19-year-old man has been hit by a car at Hamilton South this morning.

Around 5:15 am, a car struck the young man on Gordon Avenue at Stewart Avenue, leaving him with injuries to his shoulder and knee.

Paramedics attended the scene to find the man breathing and alert, and he was taken via ambulance to the John Hunter Hospital.

It is understood the driver was left unharmed, while the accident caused the closure of one northbound lane.



Gordon Avenue at Stewart Avenue, Hamilton. Image: Google Maps.