Stuffed animals and flowers continue to fill a memorial site set up on the corner of 79 Street and 47 Avenue in Bowness Sunday for a little girl that was killed Friday night.
One neighbour said they were constructing a pedestal for all the stuffed toys and flowers piling up on the street.
The 4-year-old girl was struck by a pickup truck at around 8 p.m. Friday just steps away from her home and pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said a woman driving the pickup truck westbound along 79 Street and 47 Avenue, hit the little girl after she ran into the street.
The little girl was walking with her parents at the time. Police said there was some kind of altercation between the family’s dog and another dog. Police believe the parents’ attention was distracted by the fight between the dogs and for some reason the child might have tried to cross the road in front of the vehicle.
No more details have been released about the little girl, her family or the driver of the truck.
Several blocks were sealed off in the neighbourhood and a traffic reconstruction team was at the scene for hours Friday night.
A Go Fund Me page has been set up for the family of the little girl.
With files from Carolyn Kury de Castillo
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