1-year-old baby girl killed after her father accidentally ran her over while leaving home

EL PASO, Texas – A family in El Paso has been struck by tragedy after a 1-year-old little girl was accidentally killed by her 20-year-old father earlier this week.

According to the organization Kids and Car Safety, the deadly accident took place in the 4000 block of Lincoln in Central El Paso back on Tuesday, Dec. 26.

El Paso news station KTSM said the child’s father, 20-year-old Bryan Eduardo Acosta Rodriguez, had left the family’s home in a 1998 GMC Cargo van but returned because he’d left something behind.

When the father returned to the home, Acosta Rodriguez’s wife had come outside to meet him with the item he left.

During the exchange, the couple’s 20-month-old baby somehow exited the residence and was hit by her father’s truck as he pulled away from the home.

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The baby was transported to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead.