Toddler Gets Behind Wheel of Truck Idling at Gas Pump, Killing 2-Year-Old

Toddler Gets Behind Wheel of Truck Idling at Gas Pump, Killing 2-Year-Old
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WOODLAND, Calif.—A toddler climbed out of a car seat and got behind the wheel of a truck idling at a gas pump in Northern California, rolling toward a taco stand and killing a 2-year-old child, police said.

The owner of the truck was inside the gas station store at the time of the tragedy over the weekend in the city of Woodland, northwest of Sacramento, the Woodland Police Department said in a statement.