MINNEAPOLIS — Traffic investigators with the Minneapolis Police Department are piecing together what happened after a little girl was hit and killed while riding her bike Monday morning.
According to MPD, the child - identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as 7-year-old Penelope "Penny" Wender Thompson - was riding her bike from a driveway into the street on the 5600 block of 2nd Avenue South when she was struck by an oncoming vehicle around 8:30 a.m.
Police said the driver immediately pulled over and began helping Penelope at the scene before she was rushed to Hennepin Healthcare, where she later died from her injuries.
An autopsy says the child died of multiple blunt force injuries from the collision.
After interviewing witnesses and the passengers inside the vehicle, police said at this time "no criminality is suspected."
A GoFundMe has been set up to honor Penny's memory and support her family during this time. If you'd like to contribute, click here.
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