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Child struck and killed in a Neola convenience store parking lot Wednesday afternoon
(Neola, Iowa) – An accident this Wednesday afternoon in Neola claimed the life of a child. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2024 Chevy Equinox driven by 67-year-old Rebecca Wood, of Walnut, was slowly moving through the parking lot of the Kum & Go, past the fuel pumps, when a two-year-old toddler from Omaha ran across the path of the vehicle and was struck. The accident happened at around 2:30-p.m.
The toddler was transported to Mercy/UNMC in Omaha by Neola Fire/Rescue, but died from their injuries. The name of the child was not immediately released.
The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office.
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