Three-year-old boy in critical condition when struck by vehicle on U.S. 80 and Ironwood Drive in Warren County, Mississippi
Toddler struck by vehicle in Warren County
One child is in critical condition after being struck by a car Sunday afternoon.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to U.S. 80 and Ironwood Drive around 1:00 p.m. relating to an accident concerning a vehicle and a pedestrian according to Corporal Eric Henry with the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Corporal Henry says “a Chevrolet Camaro was traveling east on U.S. 80 when a three-year-old boy was struck when the child ran out in the roadway trying to get a ball that rolled in the highway.”
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