A Northeast Philly woman killed her daughter with her SUV in ‘a tragic accident’ while unloading groceries, police say
The woman accidentally hit her daughter while driving away after unloading groceries, police said.
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A 31-year-old woman accidentally struck and killed her 2-year-old daughter in front of their Crescentville home Wednesday as she pulled away in her SUV after unloading groceries, police said.
The woman had double-parked on the 200 block of Comly Street about 5:30 p.m. to bring the food inside, said Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore. She did not realize that her 2-year-old daughter had followed her outside and when she began to drive away, he said, the vehicle hit the child.
Police did not identify the woman or her daughter on Thursday.
The child was taken to Einstein Medical Center, where she was initially listed in critical condition but pronounced dead a short time later.
No charges were expected in what Vanore said “looks to be a tragic accident.”
The one-way street where the toddler was killed, steps away from train tracks, was quiet Thursday morning, save for the sound of birds. Nobody answered the door at the two-story home on the corner of Comly Street and Newtown Avenue, where a piece of mail lay untouched.