Driver fatally hits toddler who was mendacity within the street
A toddler was killed Wednesday afternoon after being hit by a tow truck in Chelsea.
At about 2:23 p.m., Maine State Police troopers responded to Windsor Street for a report of a kid struck by a tow truck, Maine Division of Public Security spokesperson Shannon Moss stated in a press launch.
On the scene, they decided {that a} 62-year-old male driver from Chelsea was touring northbound on Windsor Street in his 2007 GMC flatbed tow truck when he struck a toddler.
The kid, who was 21 months previous, had been taking part in exterior a residence on Windsor Street when she wandered into the roadway and laid down, Moss stated.
The driving force instructed police he didn’t understand it was a toddler mendacity within the street till the car struck her. Troopers and witnesses carried out CPR till Chelsea Fireplace and Gardiner Rescue arrived on scene.
The kid was transported to Maine Common Hospital the place she was pronounced lifeless. State police proceed to research the crash.
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