A 1-year-old girl was killed over the weekend when she was fatally struck by a rideshare driver who’d dropped her and her family off.
Officers were dispatched to the 15500 block of Waverly Drive where they discovered a small child with critical injuries.
According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, a family had just arrived at their destination via a rideshare app. As some of the family members were getting out, the little girl also exited the vehicle.
The driver didn’t see the child cross in front of the car, and as he began to drive away, he struck her.
She was transported to the hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased.
After witnessing the incident, family members pulled the driver from the car and assaulted him.
He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The little girl was just shy of her 2nd birthday.
