The Amarillo Police Department reports a 2-year-old boy was ran over by a vehicle Saturday afternoon in the 800 block of North Tyler.
Authorities say it was the boy’s aunt who drove over the child. She told Amarillo Police she was unaware that the child was under the vehicle when pulling forward.
Investigators report that the child had gone in under the right side of the car, between the wheels, to get an article of clothing that had been dropped previously, while the driver was carrying things from the car to the house. While the child was under the car, the driver pulled away from the curb and hit the child.
The boy was taken by private vehicle to Northwest Texas Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. He was later airlifted to a Lubbock hospital for further treatment.
The incident remains under investigation by Amarillo Police.
(Information from MyHighPlains.com)