A woman was talking on her cellphone while driving when she fatally struck a 4-year-old girl at an elementary school playground in south suburban Harvey last.
Swaleha Vhora drove over a curb and through a fence, hitting a swing set and striking Violet Singleton the afternoon of Sept. 8 while she was playing outside Whittier Elementary School, Harvey Police Deputy Chief Cameron Bidding’s said.
Swahela Vhora had picked up a child from the school just before the crash, and two other young children were in her Hyundai Elantra when she struck Violet Singleton, Detective Andrew Wallace said.