An eight-year-old girl is dead following a hit and run outside Central Public School in Burlington, Ont., Halton police said.
Police said the girl had just gotten out of her parent’s car around 5: 30 p.m. Wednesday and was crossing a driveway to enter the school’s east entrance when a white SUV struck her as it was exiting the parking lot.
“The SUV exited the lot without stopping, and turned westbound on Baldwin Street,” read a police press release.
The child was transported by ambulance to McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton where she died of her injuries.
Police said they were able to locate and take into custody a 21-year-old resident of the
