NEW JERSEY — A 4-year-old girl died after being among three people struck by a hit-and-run driver in Newark, police say.
The incident occurred around 6 p.m. Tuesday near Sixth Avenue West and North 9th Street. Police said the girl was walking with her father when she was hit by a car that never stopped. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s office said the car struck three people in total: the girl, her father and another boy, whose age was not immediately released. The other child and the father are expected to recover, according to the prosecution.
The victim who died has yet to be identified.
Police are looking for the driver, who fled. An investigation is ongoing.
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