Toddler dies in 4x4 collision

A TWO-year-old girl has died after being hit by a 4x4 vehicle, police said.

The toddler was knocked down on Hillside Road in Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, just after 4pm yesterday.

She was taken by ambulance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary 
but Grampian Police said that she was fatally injured in the 
collision.

Inspector Ian Kirkwood said: “It is too early to speculate on the cause of the collision.”