SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A 5-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries Saturday after a car drove onto a closed park pathway in the Midway neighborhood and struck her while she was riding a scooter, according to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD).
Police said the incident occurred around 2500 Laning Road around 4:39 p.m. when a 21-year-old woman driving a 2018 BMW 335i entered the pedestrian pathway, hit a steel bench, and then struck the child before crashing into a tree.
The girl was transported to a local hospital with severe head injuries and may not survive, authorities said.
SDPD said that alcohol was a factor in the collision. The driver was arrested at the scene. The SDPD Traffic Division is still investigating the incident.
