Woman, 3 children struck by car as they waited to cross Fort Worth street, police say
A car on Sunday collided with a sport utility vehicle and veered into a woman and her three children who were in a street median in south Fort Worth, police said.
The pedestrians were struck about 5:45 p.m. near McCart Avenue and Sycamore School Road, Fort Worth police said.
The woman and children were in the median of McCart Avenue waiting to cross it when the car, traveling north and approaching an entrance to a Walmart, collided with the SUV, whose driver had pulled into the road, police said.
The car then veered into the median and hit the woman, who had a stroller, and the children.
The woman was taken in critical condition to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth.
The children were taken to Cook Children’s Medical Center. Two of them were in critical condition. Police did not describe the condition of the third child.
A clerk at a nearby gas station told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV that he heard screams and rushed over to help. The clerk said he saw a child who was thrown from a stroller and two other young children — who he believed were less than 5 years old — lying on the street.
A neighbor told WFAA he has often seen the woman and children walking to and from the nearby stores.
This story was originally published June 5, 2022 at 8:05 PM.
