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CYPRESS, Texas (KTRK) — A 3-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a vehicle in her home’s driveway in the Cypress area, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Saturday morning.
The sheriff tweeted shortly before 11 a.m. that deputies responded to a crash in the 18300 block of East Laura Shore.
Preliminary information was that a resident was backing out of the driveway and hit the child.
However, the sheriff later provided an update that a mother had just arrived home was unloading her SUV and inadvertently left the vehicle in neutral.
The mother and her three children then exited the vehicle, when it rolled back and struck her 3-year-old daughter.
The girl was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital by Cyfair EMS where she later died.
The case is being investigated by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Vehicular Crimes Division.
Ed Gonzalez✔@SheriffEd_HCSO
Heartbreaking update: the child was pronounced deceased at the hospital. It appears a parent arrived home, began unloading the car, inadvertently left the vehicle in neutral. Vehicle rolled back striking 3-yr-old daughter. Our prayers go out to this family. #HouNews https://twitter.com/sheriffed_hcso/status/1221113856824676354 …
Ed Gonzalez✔@SheriffEd_HCSO
Pct 5 & @HCSOTexas units are responding to an auto-pedestrian crash at 18300 blk of East Laura Shore. Prelim info: a resident backed out of driveway and struck a female child (approx 3 yrs). Child has been transported by EMS, unknown condition. #HouNews
