9-Year-Old Dies After Being Struck by Car at Tuscaloosa Business
A 9-year-old girl died in Tuscaloosa on Saturday after she was reportedly struck by a vehicle that slipped out of a gear outside a local business.
Stephanie Taylor, a spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa Police Department, said officers received a call at 12:51 p.m. that a child was pinned between a vehicle and a building in the 1000 block of James I. Harrison Parkway.
Taylor said a vehicle there reportedly slipped out of gear and struck the building, pinning the child between them.
The girl was rushed to DCH Regional Medical Center, but Taylor said she was pronounced dead from her injuries.
Paramedics with Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue Service and Northstar EMS responded, along with TPD officers and investigators with TPD’s Traffic Homicide Unit.
That group will investigate the deadly accident, as they do with all fatal collisions within city limits - their involvement does not necessarily indicate criminal charges are expected.
Our thoughts are with the family of the young victim.
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