A 2-year-old child from Bolingbrook has died after being struck by a vehicle.
Bolingbrook police officers responded to the 300 block of Grand Canyon Drive on Sunday afternoon for a report of a child who had been struck by a vehicle, police said.
Upon arrival Sunday, officers found the child, who had been struck by a vehicle backing out of a driveway, police said.
Officers provided emergency medical aid until paramedics arrived from the Bolingbrook Fire Department, authorities said.
The child was taken to a local hospital and remained in critical condition but succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, police said.
“This is a tragic incident for everyone involved,” authorities said in a police department news release.
The fatal crash remains under investigation by the Bolingbrook Police Department’s Traffic Unit.
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