{"id":48318,"date":"2025-08-06T01:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/48318\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:15:13","slug":"9-year-old-girl-on-skateboard-hit-and-killed-by-truck-in-spruce-grove-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/48318\/","title":{"rendered":"9-year-old girl on skateboard hit and killed by truck in Spruce Grove &#8211; Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A young girl playing in front of a home was hit and killed by a truck Tuesday morning west of Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Parkland RCMP responded just before 9 a.m. to Hartwick Manor, a cul-de-sac in the Harvest Ridge subdivision of Spruce Grove.<\/p>\n<p>RCMP said their initial investigation revealed a nine-year-old girl was sitting on a skateboard, rolling off the driveway into the street, when she was hit by a Dodge Ram pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>The girl was taken to hospital with critical injuries and later died.\u00a0\u00a0The driver of the pick up was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>People in the area were seen upset, with crying children being comforted by adults.<\/p>\n<p>Police remained on scene for 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