Child killed HCSO press conference

Hillsborough County Undersheriff Thomas St. John gives an update on a deadly crash that claimed the life of a 6-year-old girl and injured her mother and 10-year-old brother.

TAMPA, Fla. - A 6-year-old girl is dead and her mother and 10-year-old brother are in the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Tampa on Tuesday morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

What we know:

Hillsborough County Undersheriff Thomas St. John said a 45-year-old mother was walking her two children to school and as she crossed Sheldon Road in a crosswalk, a driver turning from Mohr Road onto Sheldon Road struck the trio.

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"They were properly in the crosswalk," St. John explained. "They had th

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