(Neola) – In an update to our earlier report, the Iowa State Patrol has released the name of a toddler who was struck in the parking lot of a Neola area convenience store June 5th, and who died from their injuries. The two-year-old was identified as Keondre James Johnson, of Omaha, NE.

He was struck in the parking lot of a Kum & Go, east of Neola. The patrol previously identified the driver of the vehicle that struck the child, as 67-year-old Rebecca Wood, of Walnut.

The accident happened as Wood was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Equinox slowly past the fuel pumps when Johnson ran across her path and was hit.  Johnson was taken by Neola Fire and Rescue to Mercy/UNMC in Omaha, where he was pronounced dead.