2-Year-Old Va. Girl Who'd Beaten Odds After Premature Birth Is Killed in Alleged Hit-and-Run

Photo: GoFundMe

A Virginia toddler is dead after she wandered away from her grandmother’s yard and into the road, where she was struck in a hit-and-run collision.

“Aubree was a beautiful little girl full of love and life, and a momma’s girl through and through,” aGoFundMe page states.

The little girl was immediately transported to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. The sheriff’s office put out a warrant for the driver’s arrest.

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On Sunday, the driver, Jose Santiago Mendoza, 65, of Bladensburg, Maryland, was arrested. He is being held in Fauquier County Adult Detention Center with no bond, according to the news release. Mendoza turned himself in, NBC4 reports.

According to her family, Aubree-Ann had been born prematurely at just 27 weeks.

It is unclear whether Mendoza has an attorney to comment on his behalf.

source: people.com