Carrying the covered body of a 2 year old, an investigator shuffled to a stretcher in the backyard of 2080 Waller Lane, the location of a deadly four-wheeler accident Friday that also injured two others.
The body was laid and strapped to a stretcher and loaded into a hearse from Norris Funeral Services.
A mother, son and daughter were involved in the accident, said Sheriff Mike Taylor.
The mother and daughter were taken to Danville Regional Medical Center.
“One of the victims is doing fine and should be getting released soon,” Veronica Beauvais, an investigator for the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, said Friday afternoon. “The other victim is doing good, but she won’t be released today.”
Beauvais said a news release will be issued after investigators collect their information. The body of the 2-year-old victim will be sent to the medical examiner’s office.
Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor said the investigation is ongoing, but preliminary work found that the 2 year old might have fallen off the four-wheeler, which then hit a tree.
An assistant commonwealth’s attorney was on-scene for most of Friday afternoon.
“The little boy and the little girl were the cutest little things,” said Dorothy Myers, who lives down the street and owns the property where the accident happened. “They’re real sweet little children. They didn’t bother you for nothing.”
Myers saw the mother and the two children riding on the four-wheeler earlier Friday.
“It’s just a tragic situation,” Taylor said. “Our hearts just go out to the family and the community.”
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