A one-year-old boy was struck and killed by a passing car after wandering away from his parents while they were doing yard work outside their Florida home.
The toddler’s parents searched his usual spots after noticing he was missing, but he had wandered onto a nearby road in Alachua County.
The tragedy unfolded around 3:30pm Friday on West Newberry Road near Northwest 182nd Street in Jonesville.
A 52-year-old motorist traveling westbound in a sedan failed to spot the child before striking him, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The boy was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The motorist was
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