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Boy, 2, struck and killed by truck in Greenwood mobile home park

Police say an employee of the Winterbrook Mobile Home community was driving a company truck when he struck the child Monday afternoon.

GREENWOOD, Ind. — A 2-year-old boy was struck and killed by a pickup truck in a Greenwood neighborhood Monday afternoon.

Johnson County sheriff's deputies were called to the scene of the accident at the Winterbrook Mobile Home community on West County Line Road just after 4:30 p.m.

Investigators say an employee of the mobile home park was driving a company-owned pick-up truck when he hit the child. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A 2-year-old boy was struck by a pickup truck Monday around 4:30 p.m. in Greenwood at the Winterbrook Mobile Home community on West County Line Road.

According to the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, the driver approached an intersection and came to a complete stop. The driver said he looked both ways and continued driving but stopped after he felt he ran over something.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Department said the driver got out of the truck and yelled for help. The driver told investigators his truck is very tall and never saw the child in the road.

The name of the child is not yet being released, pending notification of his family.

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