Mansfield News Journal Toddler struck, killed in Walmart parking lot Driver was girls father; incident happened at Ontario Walmart Written by Mark Caudill ONTARIO — A 2-year-old Mansfield girl was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday afternoon at Walmart Supercenter, 359 N. Lexington Springmill Road. The victim was Lanay Brooks, Richland County Coroner’s Investigator Bob Ball said. She lived at 206 S. Mulberry St. The driver of the vehicle was the girl’s 25-year-old father, said Ontario police Chief Rodney Smith. Smith said the accident happened in the parking lot, in front of the grocery doors. “The family was exiting the vehicle,” Smith said. “The father was behind the wheel. He started forward before the 2-year-old got out of the way.” The chief added the vehicle was a full-size Suburban. The call came in at 5:22 p.m. “When our officers got there, they assisted with CPR,” Smith said. “The child was transported to the hospital.” Ball said Lanay was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. at OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital. He said the toddler suffered multiple trauma injuries. An autopsy will be performed Monday at the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. Ball added he sympathizes with Lanay’s father. “He just said, ‘I didn’t see her. I didn’t see her,’” the coroner’s investigator said. Smith said the accident was not weather-related, but that didn’t make it any easier to accept. “It’s horrible,” he said. l
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 03:05:43 +0000
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