4-Year-Old Critically Hurt by Rolling Truck

A 4-year-old Glendale girl was in critical condition Thursday after a parked pickup rolled backward and pinned her against a wall, police said.

Sharon Judy Montez suffered multiple skull fractures in the accident at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the apartment complex where she lived in the 1000 block of Western Avenue, Sgt. Dean Durand said.

Because only young children witnessed the accident, investigators are unsure exactly what happened. Durand said several children from the apartment complex were playing in and around the pickup, which was parked facing away from a cinder block wall behind the apartment building.

“From all indications, one of the children released the brake on the truck and it rolled,” Durand said. “The truck hit her and pinned her against the wall.”

Several children started screaming when they saw that the girl was pinned. Adults who were in the apartments, including the girl’s baby-sitter, ran to her aid and called paramedics. She was taken to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, where she was in critical but stable condition, said spokeswoman Cheryl Trinidad.