BLOOMFIELD, Mo. --A toddler was struck and killed Friday afternoon.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported the Jason R. Fields, 20, of Bloomfield was backing out of a driveway onto Route E, one mile east of Bloomfield, at 4:30 p.m. Friday when his vehicle struck Hali M. Rice, 2, of Bloomfield.
The child was taken by ambulance to Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo., where she was pronounced dead at 5:15 p.m. by Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis.
Pertinent address:
Bloomfield, Mo.
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