An 8-year-old boy was struck and killed by a trash truck in a Newport Beach residential neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, police said. “Due to the massive injury the child received, unfortunately he died at the scene,” Brouwer said. The boy was riding or walking with a bicycle on 15th Street between Irvine Avenue and Fullerton Avenue when the truck hit him about 1:30 p.m., according to Newport Beach police Lt. Jeff Brouwer. Friends of the boy's family who gathered at the scene said the boy attended Newport Heights Elementary School a few blocks away. On Wednesdays, some students are let out at 1:15 p.m., a few minutes before the crash was reported at 1:26 p.m.California Highway Patrol officers are handling the investigation because the trash truck is operated by CR&R, a city contractor, police said.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 25, 2016 17:05 UTC