Sam Kerr and Coral Kerr
A 63-year-old man has been charged with a dangerous driving offence after allegedly hitting and seriously injuring Sam Kerr’s grandmother in Perth‘s south yesterday.

According to reports, Coral Kerr, 89 years old, was struck by a vehicle as she was disembarking from a bus at the corner of Marmion Street and Justinian Street in Palmyra, around 11am.

Neighbours, including Mary Ivey, rushed to Kerr’s side to help her and alerted her family.

Sam Kerr and Coral Kerr
Sam Kerr’s grandmother Coral Kerr is in a serious condition after allegedly being hit by a car in Perth.(9News)

Locals said the area was a hot spot for crashes, with four occurring within the last two months.

“This accident is the worst one we’ve ever seen here,” Gilbert Anderson told 9News.

Family and friends are now holding out hope Kerr will make a recovery as she is treated in Royal Perth Hospital.

She is in a serious but stable condition. 

“We just pray that Coral’s got the strength to pull through this,” Ivey said.

Sam Kerr’s father, Roger Kerr, is flying home to WA from the east coast to be with his mother.

The 63-year-old man from Willagee has been charged with one count of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.

He will appear before the Fremantle Magistrates Court on February 4.

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