Two-Year-Old Daughter Dies After Being Run Over by Father’s Car in Kalar
Sulaymaniyah
Two-year-old dies after father accidentally runs her over in Kalar
SULAYMANIYAH – A two-year-old child died Wednesday after being accidentally struck by her father’s car in Kalar, the administrative center of the autonomous Garmian administration in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, local authorities reported.
The Garmian Traffic Directorate stated that the incident occurred in the Shahidan neighborhood when the father, driving a Toyota Land Cruiser, unintentionally hit his daughter while reversing.
“The accident was caused by a reversing vehicle, which led to the severe injury of the child,” the directorate said in a statement.
Emergency services rushed the child to the hospital, but she later succumbed to her injuries, officials confirmed.
A cousin of the father, who helped retrieve the body from Garmian Forensic Hospital, told 964media, “The accident happened in front of their home. The father was reversing the car, unaware that his daughter was behind it. She died in the hospital.”