An accident in southwestern Iowa has claimed the life of a child.
The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2024 Chevy Equinox driven by 67-year-old Rebecca Wood, of Walnut, was slowly moving through the parking lot of the Kum & Go store in Neola, past the fuel pumps, when a two-year-old toddler from Omaha ran across the path of the vehicle and was struck.
The accident happened around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The toddler was transported to Mercy/UNMC in Omaha by Neola Fire/Rescue, but died from their injuries.
The name of the child was not immediately released.
(By Ric Hanson, KJAN, Atlantic)
