Toddler dies in driveway accident

May 29 – A Clovis toddler died Saturday night after being hit by a car in his grandparents’ driveway, police said.

The child’s mother told police she moved the vehicle and did not know the child was outside, said Deputy Police Chief Trevor Thron.

The incident occurred around 8 p.m. in the 1200 block of Yucca Avenue.

According to a police accident report, a neighbor’s surveillance camera showed the child leaving the house “shortly after” the mother and crawling behind the car.

“At this point, (the driver) began to back up when (the child) was directly behind the rear passenger tire,” the report said.

The mother found the child after she left the vehicle.

The child was not breathing when paramedics took him to Plains Regional Medical Center. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Thron said the case was under investigation, but no charges had been filed as of Tuesday.