Child dies after being struck by pickup in mobile home park

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated.

A 2-year-old boy died yesterday after being struck by a pickup in a Greenwood mobile home park.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department says that 59-year-old Christopher L. White of Greenwood, an employee of Winterbrook Mobile Home Community, was driving a company truck at about 4:39 p.m. Monday afternoon when the boy was hit. The child, Isaiah D. Bonds, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Johnson County Coroner’s office.

According to the accident report, White came to a complete stop at an intersection and never saw the boy enter the intersection over the tall hood of the truck. After he started driving again,White said he felt his truck hit something and stopped to see what it was. That’s when he discovered the boy had been struck.