PHOENIX — A young child is in critical condition after being struck by a Phoenix Police Department patrol vehicle Wednesday evening near 11th Avenue and Buckeye Road.
Officials say officers had finished a call for service and turned to go northbound when they saw a young girl waving at officers.
The officers were looking at the girl, thinking she may have been waving them down when they noticed the child in the street last minute.
The officer driving attempted to stop, but hit the child, officials say.
Detectives are investigating a vehicle accident involving a Phoenix police patrol vehicle and a young child in the neighborhood of a 11th Avenue and Pima Street. pic.twitter.com/WHQoXPNytD
— Phoenix Police (@PhoenixPolice) June 8, 2023
The child was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
The girl told detectives that she was trying to let the officers know that the child had darted into the road.
A police officer was also taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The boy's aunt tells ABC15 off-camera, the toddler is two-and-a-half years old.
