Deaf Girl, 14, Run Over by Milk Truck

The girl was playing under the truck when it stopped to pick up milk at a farm.

Police say a 14-year-old girl who was deaf and mute was killed when she was run over by a milk truck in Lancaster County.

State police in Lancaster County say Barbara Stoltzfus had been playing on and underneath the tanker truck around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Fulton Township. The driver apparently pulled away without knowing she was under the truck.

The truck, pulling a tanker trailer, was at the farm on Pilottown Road to pick up milk, reports Lancasteronline.com.

Coroner Stephen Diamantoni says the girl died instantly of multiple traumatic injuries. He says the girl’s 9-year-old sister witnessed the accident and her family was nearby.
   
"He did not realize that she was there," the coroner told Lancasteronline.com. "He left the site not realizing she had died. It was a sad and tragic accident."

The girl’s 9-year-old sister witnessed the accident.
 

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