Child Struck, Killed as Mom Moves Car in Driveway

A 23-year-old woman was moving her car in a driveway when she hit her four-year-old daughter today and pinned her body against a fence, killing her, according to report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Daisy Martinez, 4, had been playing in the yard of her family's home, in the 2500 block of 38th Avenue East, when the accident happened in the driveway.

Gracie Moreno, the girl's mother, was moving her 1992 Lexus ES300 around the circular driveway when she hit the child. The accident happened after noon today. Daisy was taken by ambulance to Blake Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Sam Casimir, a neighbor, heard the mother cry: "Help, help my baby," according to an interview with Bay News 9.

He ran to help and attempted CPR on the girl, but "she had no pulse, no heart beat, no nothing, no breathing." Kasimir said the girl plays with his children every day.

The neighbors believe the car’s accelerator got stuck, causing the accident, according to the Bradenton Herald. The Florida Highway Patrol is reportedly investigating a possible malfunction with the car.