A four-year-old girl has died after being struck by a vehicle Sunday afternoon in South Boston, the city's police force has announced.
The crash happened shortly after 5 p.m. at the intersection of Congress Street and Sleeper Street, which is in the Seaport District section of Southie, the Boston Police Department said. The child was with family members.
The young girl was rushed by EMS to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
The driver involved was said to have stayed on scene.
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There have been no charges filed or arrests made in the case as of Sunday evening, police said.
People in the area were upset to learn about what had happened.
"It could've been us," Kim Harris said. "We were there just a half an hour beforehand. It's sad. It's awful."
Harris has a nine-year-old son, who she spent the day with at the Boston Children's Museum.
"We saw a bunch of police officers and there's a car here and they were talking a man in the car and then the helicopter started coming and police were everywhere," Harris said of the scene.
An investigation is ongoing.
