Girl dies after SUV hits grandmother walking with two kids in northern Idaho
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OLDTOWN — A girl was killed and a boy is in critical condition after being hit by an SUV while walking with their grandmother in a small northern Idaho town Friday afternoon. The grandmother was also rushed to the hospital.
It happened around 4:50 p.m. on East Valley Street South in Oldtown, a community about 45 miles north of Coeur d’Alene near the Washington-Idaho border.
Idaho State Police say a 23-year-old man from Newport, Washington was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe when he hit the three pedestrians who were walking on the side of the road. The SUV overturned and landed on the lawn of a home.
“The driver fled the scene on foot but was located after a short time by law enforcement officers and transported to a nearby hospital via ground ambulance,” an Idaho State Police news release says.
The girl was pronounced dead on the scene and the boy, along with the 50-year-old grandmother, were taken by ambulance to a hospital. All of the pedestrians were from Oldtown.
The road was closed for five hours as police conducted their investigation.
The names of those involved have not been released.