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Girl, 2, dies after father reverses car into her in compound of house at Tangkak

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Police say the toddler suddenly ran out of the house into the car’s path.

TANGKAK: A two-year-old girl died after her father reversed his car into her in the compound of their house at Taman Kesang Baru in Parit Bunga here on Thursday.

Tangkak deputy police chief Jamellulkamal Abdul Halim said an initial investigation found that the father, 30, was reversing his car at about 8.15am when the child suddenly ran out of the house and into the car’s path.

The child, who suffered head injuries, died while receiving treatment at Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in Muar at 7.30pm, Bernama quoted him as saying in a statement today.

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