Long Beach, CA : Four-year-old girl hit, killed by truck driver in Long Beach on Friday, 22nd March 2024

A four-year-old girl was struck and killed by a pickup truck in Long Beach on Friday.

The crash happened near 55th Way and Paramount Boulevard a little before 7 p.m, according to a statement from the Long Beach Police Department.

Officers arrived to find the victim lying in the roadway. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she later succumbed to injuries she sustained during the crash, police said.

The driver of the truck, a 2020 Ford F-150, remained at the scene to cooperate with the investigation. They were driving eastbound on 55th Way when the collision occurred.

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