According to the Surprise Police Department, a call was made to the authorities shortly after 10 a.m. about a collision at a property near Pat Tillman Boulevard and 163rd Avenue
Surprise, AZ.– A child was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle at a business parking lot in Surprise on Wednesday morning.
According to the Surprise Police Department, a call was made to the authorities shortly after 10 a.m. about a collision at a property near Pat Tillman Boulevard and 163rd Avenue.
Police responded to the incident and located a child who was apparently the victim of a car collision with a pedestrian.
The child was transported to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening. The identities of the child and driver involved were not released.
The Surprise Police Department is still working to find out what led up to the collision.
Maricopa County, where Surprise City is located, has the highest population in Arizona and is the fourth-most populated countrywide. The county highly contributes to the traffic accidents that result in injuries and fatalities yearly in Arizona. The state has seen a slight decline in traffic incidents over the past two years, but crash-related fatalities remain high. In 2023, the state recorded 122,247 motor-vehicle crashes resulting in 1,307 deaths, according to reports by AZDOT. In 2024, total crashes dropped to 121,107 and fatalities fell to 1,228 – a 6.1% decrease from the previous year. Despite this modest improvement, serious injuries and fatalities remain near historically high levels, underscoring persistent road-safety challenges. Speeding, impaired driving, and failure to use proper safety equipment continue to be leading contributors to fatal and serious collisions statewide. While emergency response initiatives and public-awareness campaigns aim to curb these risks, Arizona’s highways and urban roadways still experience a substantial number of severe crashes each year.
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