(Louisa County, IA) – A four-year-old child was flown to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Saturday, after being struck by a car in the southeast Iowa town of Wapello. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a car driven by 29-year-old Kateline Marie Lilly, of Wapello, turned into an alley in the 400 block of Jefferson Street at around 6:25-p.m., and struck the unidentified female child who was in the alley, before her vehicle backed-up and stopped in the alley.

The child was flown by AirCare to the hospital. Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office and Wapello Police.