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IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) — A 23-month-old girl was struck and killed by an Amazon van Tuesday afternoon in Irvine, authorities said.
Irvine Police Department officers and Orange County Fire Authority firefighters were summoned to the scene just after 3:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Estancia, near Hicks Canyon Park, on reports of a collision. They arrived to find the girl deceased in the parking lot of an apartment community, according to a police statement.
According to the news release, the Amazon van was operated by a third-party contractor and “drugs or alcohol do not appear to be a factor” in the collision. No arrest or citation was announced.
Further details about the circumstances of the collision were not immediately available.
News video from the scene showed a blue Amazon van hooked up to a tow truck as investigators collected evidence at the scene.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Irvine police Detective Christopher Ostrowski at (949) 724-7047 or email him at costrowski@cityofirvine.org.
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