Boy, 3, Falls Out Rolling Car, Is Crushed
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A 3-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries Sunday after being crushed by his father’s car when it rolled down the driveway of his home in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Authorities said the boy had gotten into his father’s Honda Accord and somehow disengaged the transmission. When the car rolled backward over the curb, police said, the boy fell out and under the left front tire. More details about the 5 p.m. accident were unavailable.
Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Larry Abbott said the boy was pronounced dead at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo. The boy’s name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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