NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE
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On Monday Feb. 1, 2021, at approximately 4:15 p.m. 8 District - Grimbsy uniform officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service responded to a report of a serious collision.
Officers arrived on scene in the area of Greenlane Road and Bartlett Street in Lincoln. The initial investigation found a 4-year-old boy in critical condition. The boy had been injured after the snow sled he was riding entered the roadway and he was struck by a passing pickup truck.
The child was transported to a local hospital. Despite the efforts of all the emergency and medical personnel on scene and at the hospital, the child died from his injuries.
Greenlane Road was closed so that detectives from the NRPS Collision Reconstruction Unit and the Forensic Services Unit could conduct an investigation.
The identity of the child is not being released.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone who may have information or may have witnessed the collision is asked to call 9056884111, extension 1009089.
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