CLARKTON, N.C. (WECT) – A two-year-old girl was hit and killed in a crash at about 2:53 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12.
Per N.C. State Highway Patrol, the girl had walked away from her home along State Road 1700 near Mercel Mill and Brown Marsh Road outside of Clarkton.
She then stepped in front of a passing car; SHP says that the driver stopped to help her and she was rushed to Bladen County Hospital, but she passed away at the hospital.
Neither the parents nor the driver are facing charges as of Aug. 15.
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