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Early Sunday afternoon, 19-year-old Joshua Saunders attempted to back up in a black 1978 Chevrolet K10 at a residence on the 2400 block of Miller Drive off Old Cornelia Highway in East Hall when a toddler ran behind the vehicle. Saunders fled the scene but was escorted back to the scene by Hall County Sheriff's deputies. The little boy, identified as Landen Morton, was brought Northeast Georgia Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Saunders was arrested and faces charges of DUI, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and vehicular homicide.