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22-Month-Old Boy Killed After Being Hit By Car At Gainesville Shopping Center, Police Say
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 7, 12:20 PM EDT
updated Oct 8, 6:54 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WANF (Atlanta News First CBS), WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta) and WXIA (11Alive NBC), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A 22-month-old boy died after being struck by a car at a Gainesville shopping center when a woman accidentally accelerated over a curb from a handicap spot, police said. WXIA (11Alive NBC), WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta), and WANF (Atlanta News First CBS) reported the incident.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 3, Oct 7, 11:47 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- 1-year-old boy dies after woman accidentally accelerates over curb in handicap spot at Gainesville shopping center: police · WXIA (11Alive NBC)
- 22-month-old killed in Gainesville shopping center crash · WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta)
- 22-month-old boy killed after being hit by car at Gainesville shopping center, police say · WANF (Atlanta News First CBS)
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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