The child ran over a 47-year-old man, killing one of his dogs too (via toofab)
Father was charged with criminal negligent homicide and endangering a child.
According to police, Tomas Mejia Tol, 42, let his daughter drive a black Ford Explorer in an apartment complex. The child began to drive out of a parking space while a man was walking his dogs in the lot; she pressed the accelerator and struck the man and one of his dogs, before hitting a tree.The incident occurred at 6000 block of Beverly Hill Street at about 4:25 p.m. Both the man and his dog were killed at the scene.
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