Toddler Killed as Mother Backs Car in Driveway
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An El Monte woman backing a car down the driveway of her home Monday struck and killed her 21-month-old daughter, police said.
Doris Hernandez, 29, was driving just before 10 a.m. when she hit her daughter, Marily, in the 2600 block of Tyler Avenue, said Lt. Craig Sperry of the El Monte Police Department.
The girl was rushed to an El Monte hospital but was pronounced dead, Sperry said.
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