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3-year-old child killed by car attempting to park: ‘Worst nightmare anybody could go through’

Oct 16, 2024, 7:06 AM

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A graphic of active cop lights and "Do Not Cross" police tape. (MyNorthwest file photo)

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A family is mourning the loss of their child after their three-year-old daughter died once she was struck by a car in a Bellevue apartment complex.

The Bellevue Police Department (BPD) confirmed that, at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday night, a driver, 45, of a white Chevy Silverado was backing out of a parking spot at the Port Apartments in the 14100 block of SE Fourth Street when he hit the girl.

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The child was walking with her mother at the time. The driver of the truck and the mother attempted life-saving efforts, but the young girl died at the scene.

“This is obviously a very tragic, horrible scene that I believe, as a parent myself, is the worst nightmare anybody could go through, to lose your three-year-old daughter in such a manner,” Bellevue Police Captain Ryan Parrott told KIRO Newsradio. “We’ve brought in our chaplain to help console the family, and we’re trying to be respectful at the same time also provide a thorough investigation.”

Bellevue Police are continuing to investigate the accident. BPD detectives believe the height of the truck may have made it difficult for the driver to see the little girl. The driver has been cooperative with the police.

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Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest. You can read his stories here and you can email him here.

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