Boy, 5, dies after being hit by vehicle in St. Charles driveway police say

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Boy, 5, dies after being hit by vehicle in St. Charles driveway

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (WLS) -- A 5-year-old boy died after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway in St. Charles Tuesday, police said.

At about 5:09 p.m., authorities were dispatched to the 4000-block of Royal Fox Drive.

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Officers arrived and found a neighbor performing CPR on the boy. Police and members of the fire department continued life-saving measures until the boy was taken by ambulance to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, police said.

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The boy was later pronounced dead, police said.

Police said the driver of the vehicle was a family member who has fully cooperated with the investigation.

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