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Six-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Hit By Vehicle At Quebec Camping Ground

The Canadian Press, 17 Jul, 2018 01:52 PM
    SAINT-FELIX-DE-VALOIS, Que. — A six-year-old girl has died after being struck by a vehicle at a camping ground 90 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
     
     
    The accident occurred Monday in Saint-Felix-de-Valois, in the Lanaudiere region.
     
     
    Initial information from police suggests the girl was playing behind a tree just before being hit.
     
     
    She was pronounced dead in hospital.
     
     
    The vehicle's three occupants were treated for shock.
     
     
    Quebec provincial police and a coroner will investigate.

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