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Mom moving car accidentally runs over, kills 2-year-old daughter, Philadelphia cops say

A mother accidentally ran over her 2-year-old daughter when she went to move her car after unloading groceries, Philadelphia police said.
A mother accidentally ran over her 2-year-old daughter when she went to move her car after unloading groceries, Philadelphia police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A mother accidentally ran over her 2-year-old daughter as she was moving her car, Philadelphia police said.

Police said the “heartbreaking incident” happened just after a mother unloaded groceries from her car while double-parked around 6 p.m. on May 8.

She took her daughter inside so she could move her car, according to police.

Unknown to her mother, the daughter followed her back outside as she prepared to move her car, police said.

The woman got in her car and started to move forward, hitting the toddler, police said.

The child was rushed to a hospital by medics, but she died within minutes of being hit, police said.

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This story was originally published May 9, 2024 at 11:33 AM with the headline "Mom moving car accidentally runs over, kills 2-year-old daughter, Philadelphia cops say."

Kate Linderman
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Kate Linderman covers national news for McClatchy’s real-time team. She reports on politics and crime and courts news in the Midwest. Kate is a 2023 graduate of DePaul University and is based in Chicago.
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