What This Story Is About
- A 1-year-old girl was killed Sunday after she was struck by her aunt’s vehicle outside of her South Nashville home, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Why It Matters
- Madisson was taken to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, where she died from her injuries.
- The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services is following up on the incident, MNPD said.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A 1-year-old girl was killed Sunday after she was struck by her aunt’s vehicle outside of her South Nashville home, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
MNPD said the preliminary investigation shows that children, including 1-year-old Madisson A. De La Paz Garcia, were playing outside the child’s Murfreesboro Pike home when her aunt, Mirna A. De La Paz Garcia, arrived to visit.
De La Paz Garcia, 26, said she believed all of the children had followed her inside the home after she had arrived. MNPD said she later returned to her Honda and began to pull forward when she struck Madisson…