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Perth toddler dead after driveway incident

A Perth family are in mourning after their 19-month-old daughter was struck by a car in the driveway of their home.

A four-wheel drive is driven away from the scene of a fatal incident involving a toddler on a driveway in Perth's east. Picture: Channel 9.
A four-wheel drive is driven away from the scene of a fatal incident involving a toddler on a driveway in Perth's east. Picture: Channel 9.

A Perth toddler has died after she was killed in a horror driveway incident, reportedly by her mother.

Police and paramedics were called to a home in Bayswater, in Perth’s east, home just after 5pm on Saturday following reports a child had been had run over by a car.

Channel 9 has reported that a 19-month-old girl was struck and killed by a vehicle owned by her mother. The car was reversing in the driveway of their home when the incident occurred.

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Posted by 9 News Perth on Saturday, 6 June 2020

Neighbours told the network they heard a piercing screaming and yelling from both parents following the incident.

Images show a four-wheel-drive being taken away from the scene.

Western Australia Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious. A report will be prepared for the coroner.

Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-toddler-dead-after-driveway-incident/news-story/b32497f5f7a3fa426aa3a25112dfa22e