CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A toddler was killed Monday morning in front of his pregnant mother when a driverless truck rolled down a residential street in far northwest suburban Carpentersville.
The 2-year-old boy - identified as Levi Cruz, of Carpentersville - was being dropped off at his grandmother's home at about 9:45 a.m. by his mother, who is eight months pregnant.
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The truck struck the toddler in the 1000-block of Deer Creek Road and kept going along the residential street until eventually ending up in a retention pond.
Officers with the Kane County Sheriff's Office and Carpentersville Police Department spent hours at the location reconstructing the incident.
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Authorities were reluctant to comment Monday afternoon about what happened, waiting to interview everyone involved.
The boy's mother was hospitalized Monday afternoon and had not spoken with police.