The death of a Montgomery County 7-year-old is under investigation.
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Plymouth Township Police Chief John C. Myrsiades announced Wednesday an investigation into the death of a young girl who died after falling from a truck.
Plymouth Township Police were called to Einstein Montgomery County at 8:36 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22, where the child was taken in a private vehicle. She died a short time later.
A joint investigation into the child’s death by the Plymouth Township Police and Montgomery County Detectives was launched and found that the girl along with four other neighborhood children were playing outside when a neighborhood adult male gave the children a ride in the back of his Isuzu Elf pickup truck.
As the driver turned a corner at the intersection of Jolly and Harvard Roads in Plymouth Township, the 7-year-old fell out of the truck.
An autopsy was completed on the body of the girl Wednesday morning by Dr. Kahlil Wardak of the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. Dr. Wardak determined that the cause of death was blunt impact injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
