Crime & Safety

Police Release Identity of 5-Year-Old Killed in Norwalk Driveway Accident

The fatality occurred Thursday at about 5:10 p.m. on Wood Acre Road.

NORWALK, CT - The five-year-old boy killed in Thursday evening's driveway accident on Wood Acre Road was Norwalk resident Peter Tinnen-Strmiska, according to Norwalk police.

The child was struck by a car pulling into a driveway on Wood Acre Road at about 5:10 p.m., and Norwalk emergency personnel administered aid to him at the scene before transporting him to Norwalk Hospital.

He later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, according to police.

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Wood Acre Road is off Bartlett Avenue in the Silvermine section of Norwalk.

Police have not released the identity of the driver, but the incident remains under investigation.

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