Gary, IN : 3-year-old Gary girl died in struck by a pickup truck crash on Tuesday November 3 2015
Police say a 3-year-old Gary girl has died from injuries she suffered when she ran into traffic and was struck by a pickup truck.
DaVea L. Smith was holding the hand of a 12-year-old relative Tuesday as they walked to a nearby store when police say she broke away from that boy and ran into adjacent street traffic.
The Lake County coroner's office says DaVea was pronounced dead at a hospital form blunt force trauma after being struck by a pickup truck.
Witness Eddie Epps told police the two children were walking through a liquor store's parking lot when the girl "snatched her hand away and ran into the street.
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Gary girl, 3, dies after she runs into traffic, is hit by truck while walking to store