{"id":265825,"date":"2026-04-25T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265825\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:52:09","slug":"toddler-dies-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-southwest-houston-apartment-complex-parking-lot-hpd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265825\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler dies after being struck by vehicle in Southwest Houston apartment complex parking lot, HPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HPD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HPD\/\">Houston police<\/a> are investigating a fatal incident involving a toddler at a Southwest Houston apartment complex parking lot that happened late Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HPD officers responded around 9:26 p.m. Friday to the Reserve at Westwood apartments in the 10225 block of Bissonnet Street. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said a family was leaving their apartment and loading into a vehicle with their young child\u2014described as a 1-year-old\u2014when the child slipped away from his mother and ran into the roadway within the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators said a security guard patrolling the complex made contact with the child. The guard stopped and got out, and both the child\u2019s father and the security guard called 911 and began rendering aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said after attempting first aid, the father and the guard decided to try to transport the child to the hospital in the security guard\u2019s vehicle. As they were heading toward the front of the complex, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HFD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HFD\/\">Houston Fire Department<\/a> crews arrived, began providing emergency care, and took over transport to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The child later died at the hospital, police said. Family members were with the child at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The security guard remained on scene and has been cooperating with investigators. HPD said the guard was evaluated by DWI investigators and showed no signs of intoxication. He is not facing charges at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information is asked to contact the Houston Police Department. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Houston police are investigating a fatal incident involving a toddler at a Southwest Houston apartment complex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[31738,31740,56,7189,58,57,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-265825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-bissonnet-street","9":"tag-crashes","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-fire-department","12":"tag-houston-headlines","13":"tag-houston-news","14":"tag-houston-police-department"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}