Police: Mother accidentally ran over 1-year-old daughter in driveway of Louisville home
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Police are calling the moment a toddler was hit in the driveway of her Louisville home a “tragic accident.”
The 18-month-old child was hit outside her home in the 6100 block of Ashby Lane around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. Ashby Lane is just north of the intersection of Dixie Highway and the Gene Snyder Freeway.
She later died at Norton Children’s Hospital.
LMPD’s Homicide Unit launched a death investigation into the circumstances surrounding the toddler’s death.
The initial investigation revealed the child’s mother left her 18-month-old daughter and three-year-old sibling in their home when she said she went out to the driveway to move a car.
As the mother was backing up, she told police she heard a scream and immediately jumped out of the car. That’s when she found her daughter had left the house and wandered into the driveway -- into the path of the vehicle.
CPR was started at the scene, MetroSafe confirmed.
Emergency crews closed streets to rush the child to Norton Children’s Hospital.
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Sometime after the child’s arrival at the hospital, she was pronounced dead.
The little girl has not been identified. Her three-year-old sibling remained in the house during the accident.
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