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A 44-year-old Sussex County man has been charged in the death of a toddler struck by a car in Hopewell.

The incident occurred on May 19, and the child later died at a local hospital.

The man, identified as Jacob Thomas Joseph Gerard of Stony Creek, faces charges of aggravated involuntary manslaughter and obstruction of justice.

A Sussex County man has been charged with the death last spring of a toddler who was run over on South 19th Avenue.

Hopewell Police said Jacob Thomas Joseph Gerard, 44, of Stony Creek, was arrested Aug. 27 for the incident that happened just before 6 p.m. on May 19. He has been charged with aggravated involuntary manslaughter and obstruction of justice, and is being held without bond at Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County.

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