Toddler strapped in car seat of disabled car killed in crash
Posted January 04, 2022 6:00 am
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - A toddler strapped inside a car seat died Tuesday when the disabled car the child was in was struck by a pickup truck, Indiana State Police said.
The child and car seat were in the rear seat of a car partially in the left lane of Interstate 65 northbound near Franklin, police said.
The child was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead, police said.
The car had pulled to the left side of the roadway and stopped for unknown reasons while partially in the left lane, police said. A northbound pickup then struck the rear end of the stationary car. The driver of the car and the driver of the pickup truck both suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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