Child Dies After Being Struck by Car

The Boulder Police Department is investigating a fatal car crash after a vehicle struck a child who later died at the hospital yesterday.

At approximately 5:20 p.m. on Monday, May 13, officers were called to an apartment complex in the 700 block of 29th Street for a report of a 2019 Chevrolet Colorado pickup that had struck a 2-year-old female. The 24-year-old male driver remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.

A witness drove the injured child and her father to the hospital. She died a short time later.

The initial investigation indicates that the toddler was walking through the parking lot with her father when she was struck.

Boulder Police ask anyone who witnessed any part of this incident to please contact Traffic Officer A. Kicera at KiceraA@bouldercolorado.gov or 303-441-3300 reference case 24-04596.