A teenager driving her father’s car drove off after striking and killing a 9-year-old girl who stepped into traffic along a Montgomery County road Wednesday night, according to Abington Township Police.
The crash happened just before 9 p.m. along Rockwell Road near Old Welsh Road in Abington, Pennsylvania, said investigators.
A caretaker was looking after the 9-year-old, who lived in nearby Willow Grove, at the time of the accident.
The caretaker had walked across Rockwell Road to get in a parked car and the child was following -- walking out between two parked cars -- when a car driven by the unidentified teenager struck the child.
Medics rushed the 9-year-old to nearby Abington Memorial Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead.
The unidentified driver kept driving for about 1 ½ miles before stopping in the parking lot of the Bottom Dollar Food store at Davisville and Moreland roads in Willow Grove and calling her mother, according to police. The teen’s mother then rushed to the scene of the crash and alerted investigators to where her daughter could be located.
Police didn’t reveal if the teenager would face any charges.
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