A Medina County toddler has died after she was struck by a pickup truck in her family’s driveway Monday afternoon.
Sophia Miller, a 21-month-old from Homerville, died Monday night at Akron Children’s Hospital.
According to Medina County sheriff’s deputies, Sophia was playing in her family’s Jesse Lane yard at about 3:35 p.m. when a 17-year-old family friend drove his pickup truck into the driveway. After dropping off a relative of the girl, the driver backed out, striking the girl.
The driver immediately stopped and called 911, deputies said.
Sophia was taken by medical helicopter to the Akron hospital, where she was pronounced dead at about 8 p.m. The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office was to perform an autopsy. No charges have been brought.
“It was a very, very freak accident,” said sheriff’s Lt. Matthew Linscott.
