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Putnam County 4-year-old killed by pickup truck backing out of driveway

The truck, driven by a 45-year-old Interlachen man, was backing out of the driveway as the child was standing just outside the vehicle.
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Sharp shards of car glass on the asphalt

INTERLACHEN, Fla. — A 4-year-old Interlachen girl was killed Sunday afternoon when she was hit by a pickup truck that was backing out of a driveway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

An FHP report says it happened at Walker Drive and Hugh Street in Interlachen at 12:48 p.m. The truck, driven by a 45-year-old Interlachen man, was backing out of the driveway as the child was standing just outside the vehicle.

The truck hit the child, and she was pronounced dead on the scene, according to the report.

Neither the driver nor a 7-year-old boy who was a passenger in the truck at the time was hurt in the crash, the report says.

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