BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WABC) -- An 8-year-old girl was hit by a car and killed in Flatbush.
Jadann Williams, 8, was attempting to cross the intersection of East 22nd Street and Ditmas Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday when she was struck by a Toyota SUV.
Police said she stepped out from behind a double-parked delivery truck. An SUV, driven by 35-year-old Reginald Auguste, was going around the truck when it hit her and she suffered severe head trauma.
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Some Good Samaritans tried to save her by performing CPR. She was rushed to Kings County Hospital where she later died.
After the incident, Auguste was punched by a man who knew the girl, Ryan Romans, of Staten Island. Romans is facing assault charges and Auguste was taken to the hospital.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.