A toddler has died in Lakewood after being struck by a car.

Rescue crews tend to a 1-year-old struck by a car in Lakewood
Rescue crews tend to a 1-year-old struck by a car in Lakewood (The Lakewood Scoop)
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The van driver was picking up a child at the home on 11th Street according to the Asbury Park Press and helped get the child out from under the van.

The child was in traumatic arrest as rescue crews and police arrived at the incident on 11th Street. The child was taken to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus where she died.

This is the second time this week a toddler was struck by a vehicle. On Monday, 23-year-old Christina Rodqiguez ran over her 1-year-old daughter as she backed out of a driveway in Egg Harbor Township and the girl ran into the path of the car. She was pinned under the car and airlifted to a hospital in Camden.

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