3-year-old girl fatally struck by vehicle while crossing street in Harlem: NYPD

Editor’s note: Police initially misidentified the age and gender of the victim . The story has been updated.

HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — A vehicle fatally struck a 3-year-old girl as she was crossing the street in Harlem Thursday evening, police said.

The girl was hit at West 135th Street and Lenox Avenue around 7:40 p.m., according to the NYPD.

The child was crossing the street with a woman and another child when she was hit, police said.

The 3-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman and the other child were not hurt, according to authorities.

The incident happened across the street from Harlem Hospital.

Additional information about what led to the incident was not immediately available.

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