Heartbreaking photo shows distraught dad kneeling at his three-year-old girl's hospital bed as she fights for life after being hit by a car crossing the road
This is the heartbreaking moment parents clutch their young daughter's hand as she fights for life in intensive care after being hit by a car while crossing the road.
Luna Matenga was rushed to hospital after she was struck walking across Goldmine Road at Ormeau, in the Gold Coast hinterland, on Sunday morning.
The three-year-old's grief-stricken family have remained at her bedside since, with her mother Jessica Feeney vowing they 'are not giving up or leaving her side'.
In a Facebook post accompanying the bedside photo, Ms Feeney pleaded: 'Keep fighting my baby'.
The family of little Luna Matenga have remained at her bedside after she was hit by a car crossing a road in the Gold Coast hinterland
Luna's mother Jessica said the three-year-old 'is the most beautiful girl in the whole world'
'She is off to have a MRI. One of the most important tests to see if her spinal cord is damaged, we can deal with a break but not a damaged spinal cord,' Ms Feeney said.
She called on everyone to keep Luna in their prayers just days out from Christmas.
'We are not giving up or leaving her side. Positive prayers and energy will send waves to her. She needs everyone's help, we all do,' Ms Feeney said.
In a separate Facebook post Ms Feeney revealed how Luna had 'made it through day one of hell'.
'Let's get through another day my baby. Day by day... I love you princess and losing you isn't an option,' she said.
Ms Feeney told Daily Mail Australia: 'Luna Capri is the most beautiful girl in the whole world. She is confident, beautiful, the best sister and she is fighting so hard for her life. She has the whole world backing her and sending prayers'.
Ms Feeney said her daughter Luna is 'fighting so hard for her life'
Luna's mother Jessica wrote on Facebook the family is 'not giving up or leaving her side'
Luna's parents have called on everyone to keep their daughter in their prayers
Luna's mother Jessica said her three-year-old daughter is 'fighting and not giving up'
'We need everyone to pray for her.'
Queensland Police said in a statement 'initial investigations indicate just before 9am the girl crossed Goldmine Road in between two parked vehicles and was hit by a Toyota Corolla which was travelling northbound'.
A registered nurse at the scene performed CPR on Luna, before she was stabilised and taken to Gold Coast University Hospital.
'Tragically this morning she was hit by a car and is now fighting for her life in intensive care,' Ms Feeney said on Facebook on Sunday.
A 33-year-old female driver was not injured, police said. Investigations remaining ongoing.