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Authorities identify Iowa preschooler fatally hit by car

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September 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa have identified a 3-year-old boy who was fatally hit by a car in a Johnston apartment complex parking lot. Police in the Des Moines suburb say Clayton Lloyd was killed in the Sunday afternoon accident. Police say officers and medics were called around 1:15 p.m. Sunday to the parking lot of the Cadence Apartments for reports of a child hit. Police say a car driven by a 23-year-old Johnston resident hit the child. No other details of the crash have been released, and no imminent charges were announced.