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5-year-old dies in crash after she’s thrown from UTV in driveway, Virginia cops say

A 5-year-old girl died in a UTV crash in Disputanta, Virginia, on Feb. 21, 2022, police said.
A 5-year-old girl died in a UTV crash in Disputanta, Virginia, on Feb. 21, 2022, police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A 5-year-old girl was killed in a UTV crash in Virginia, police said.

The child was riding in an off-road vehicle in a driveway in Disputanta, Virginia, on Monday Feb. 21, Prince George County Police Department said in a Facebook post.

When the vehicle veered off the path, it struck a ditch line and the child was thrown from the UTV, police said.

She was taken to a hospital for her injuries and died, police said.

“The men and women of PGPD extend our deepest condolences to this family,” police said.

The crash remains under investigation.

Disputanta is an unincorporated community about 40 miles southeast of Richmond.

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This story was originally published February 22, 2022 at 4:39 PM with the headline "5-year-old dies in crash after she’s thrown from UTV in driveway, Virginia cops say."

Helena Wegner
McClatchy DC
Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She’s based in Phoenix.
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