Crime & Safety
5-Year-Old Hit, Killed By Truck At Falls Township Trailer Park
People at the park attacked the truck after it struck the boy so the driver pulled away but dialed 911 a short time later, police said.
A young boy was tragically hit and killed by a car Wednesday afternoon at the trailer park where he lived with his parents and four siblings.
The 5-year-old boy, who has not been identified, was hit by a pickup truck at 3 p.m. on a road inside the Bel Aire Trailer Park in Falls.
After the boy was hit, "people began attacking the truck" and the driver left the scene, police Lt. Henry Ward said in a statement. A short time later, the driver stopped and called 911. He is now cooperating with police.
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When police arrived, they performed CPR on the young victim. Police escorted the rescue squad to Aria Bucks Campus Hospital, where the child was pronounced dead on arrival, the police statement said.
The deceased boy has not been identified.
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No charges have been filed as of Thursday afternoon.
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