7-year-old boy dies after hit while trick-or-treating in Crawfordsville
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A 7-year-old boy died after he was hit by a minivan while trick-or-treating Monday night in Crawfordsville, police said.
At 7 p.m., police were called to a report of a child struck by a vehicle in the 2000 block of Traction Road. That’s just east of Main Street/U.S. 36 and about 2.5 miles east of Wabash College.
A Chevrolet Equinox SUV was traveling west on Traction Road when it stopped in one of the travel lanes so a passenger could unload the 7-year-old boy and another child for trick-or-treating, the Crawfordsville Police Department said in a statement.
At the same time, a Crawfordsville woman was driving east on Traction Road in a Chrysler minivan when she saw the Equinox stopped in the road.
The woman told police she “saw people in the roadway and tried to stop, but was unable to stop before the accident,” police said.
Police say the minivan hit the SUV’s open door, the little boy, and the foot of the woman who was unloading the children from the vehicle.
The boy was taken to Riley Hospital for Children and was reported to be critical.
Bob Rivers, assistant chief of the Crawfordsville Police Department, confirmed to News 8 that the boy later died of his injuries.
“We were able to confirm late yesterday afternoon/early evening that the child had died,” Rivers said in a statement Wednesday morning.
The crash remains under investigation.
People who live close to the scene, say overall, this road is not safe for walkers.
“Plenty of times I have almost gotten hit on Traction Road and I’ve seen plenty of other people almost get hit on Traction Road,” Rusty Chillion, a Crawfordsville resident, said.
“I’ve seen people go 50 like they fly past you and after what had happened it’s opened my eyes a lot to like really watch that speed limit,” Samantha Logsdon, a Crawfordsville resident, said. “I want everybody to keep in mind to follow the speed limit. Make sure you’re watching your surroundings because you never know what can happen.”
Logsdon says she’s thinking about the child’s mother.
Logsdon said, “I found out that I went to school with her that she was just a year above me and I just put myself in her shoes and I just can’t imagine what she’s going through like I feel so sorry for them like nobody should ever have to go through anything like this.”
Anyone with information was asked to contact Det. Lt. Templeman of the Crawfordsville Police Department at 765.362.3762 ext. 228.