An 8-year-old girl is dead and a driver is charged after a Lexus SUV veered off the road in Oakville and hit the child and her mother.

Halton Regional Police say the incident happened Thursday around 3:50 p.m. on North Service Rd. W.

In a news release, police said that the Lexus — being driven by a 47-year-old Oakville man — was travelling westbound on North Service Rd. W., west of Lindsay Dr., “when it left the roadway on the north side and struck a 39-year-old female pedestrian and her 8-year-old daughter.”

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The mom and girl were initially taken to a local hospital before being transferred to trauma centres. Police said, “despite lifesaving efforts, the child died of her injuries.”

Halton Regional Police Service’s Collision R

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