A 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by a truck during a neighborhood Fourth of July party Tuesday evening in Castle Rock, police said.
The boy, whose identity police have not yet released, had stepped into the street next to some parked cars on the 4600 block of North Wildflowers Way when the truck hit him.
He was taken to Skyridge Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:48 p.m.
Neighbors had placed cones down the center of the street in preparation for the party, and posted a sign asking neighbors to drive slowly to keep children safe, said Castle Rock police Corporal Ty Petersen.
There was no alcohol involved in the accident, Petersen said, and the driver of the pickup was not speeding at the time.
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