Toddler running from laundromat killed in hit-and-run in Hartford – NBC Connecticut

A toddler who wandered out of a laundromat Monday night was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Hartford.

Shortly before 11 p.m., officers were called to New Britain Avenue on a report that a toddler had been hit by a car.

According to police, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl was found unconscious on the street. She was taken to Connecticut Children’s and later pronounced dead.

Investigators believe the toddler ran out the open door of the laundromat and into the street, before being struck by a fleeing vehicle traveling west on New Britain Avenue.

Authorities said the fleeing vehicle was a black 2013 BMW 328xi with Connecticut license plate BD98328. The vehicle has not been reported stolen, police added.

The investigation is ongoing.