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The 3-year-old boy was hit when trying to cross the northbound travel lane of the southern fishing pier, Florida Highway Patrol said. (Shutterstock)
MANATEE COUNTY, FL A 3-year-old boy was hit and killed by a pickup truck on the South Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier Saturday afternoon, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the accident happened around 4:50 p.m., when the child was walking behind a properly parked car trying to cross the pier s northbound travel lane. He was struck by the front a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, which ran him over.
The boy, who is from Bowling Green, Florida, was pronounced dead at the scene, FHP said.