Baltimore, MD : Child struck and killed by a car in Northeast Baltimore on Sunday night, Nov 1, 2015

A 1-year-old boy in a stroller was killed when he was hit by a car Sunday night in Northeast Baltimore.

The child's mother was pushing him in a stroller on the sidewalk when a silver Mercedes-Benz hit a Volvo at Sinclair Lane and Moravia Road in Frankford, sending the Volvo up onto the sidewalk, where it struck the child, police said.

The man driving the Mercedes had been fleeing Baltimore County police after hitting a patrol car blocking off the scene of an earlier fatal crash in the 8200 block of Pulaski Highway in Rosedale, police said. County police chased him into the city, where he struck the Volvo just after 9 p.m., county police spokeswoman Officer Jen Peach said.

Police had not identified the child, the driver or the person killed in the earlier collision as of late Sunday night.

"Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this 1-year-old baby boy that by all accounts was in a baby stroller with his mother at a bus stop when he was struck by this vehicle," city police spokesman Detective Jeremy Silbert said.

The driver of the Mercedes was arrested and taken to the hospital for his injuries. The child's mother and the driver of the Volvo were not injured, police said.

Baltimore County police does not have a policy that forbids chasing suspects in vehicles, Peach said.

"We have a complete matrix, and it's very detailed, as to when and when we cannot we can conduct a vehicle pursuit," she said. "At this time, all of that is still under investigation. We're going to look into whether or not all of the pursuit policy was followed."

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1-year-old boy killed after being hit by car in NE Baltimore