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1-Year-Old Killed In What Police Say Is Tragic Accident

By Jeff Gurney

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- A mother is grieving after a tragic accident in Aurora.

Police say the woman accidently backed over her 1-year-old son in the family's driveway on Friday.

It happened in the area of South Uravan Street and East Kentucky Avenue.

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She immediately grabbed her child, put him in the car and called 911.

She started driving to the nearest hospital while on the phone with a 911 operator.

Police and EMS directed the mother to pull into a gas station at South Buckley Road and East Alameda Parkway.

Officers began to administer aid to the 1-year-old. The child died at the hospital.

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