The motor vehicle that struck down a two-year-old girl in her community of Hendon Norwood in Montego Bay, St James on Thursday morning.

2-y-o girl struck and killed by car in St James

ST JAMES, Jamaica – A two-year-old girl has died after being struck by a motor vehicle in her community of Hendon Norwood in Montego Bay, St James on Thursday morning.

She has been identified as Tiana Walters.

Reports from the police are that about 11:18 am, Walters allegedly ran from her father’s parked motorcar towards her mother, who was across the street when she was hit by the oncoming vehicle.

The child was rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the vehicle has since been warned for prosecution.

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