Tippecanoe toddler dies after being hit by truck at home

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Apr 7, 2008 at 10:28 AM EST

Story Updated: Apr 7, 2008 at 10:29 AM EST

TIPPECANOE — A 13-month-old child has died after being struck by a truck on the grounds of her home on 18B Road in Tippecanoe about 2 p.m. Saturday.

Marshall County Sheriff’s Department investigators said Hailey Jean Warn, 13 months, was struck by a truck being driven by Gabriel Geldner, also of that residence, as he was moving the truck to the rear of the residence.

Geldner told officials he did not see the child and the truck was in motion. Police, who were dispatched at 2:16 p.m. Saturday, said Geldner took the child to the Tippecanoe emergency station, where she was tended to by multi-township EMS until she was flown by Samaritan to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. She later died because of her injuries.

The Allen County coroner’s office said Monday that authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine cause of death.

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