No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the fatal collision, police say. A family is seeking justice for their 5-year-old daughter after she was killed by a vehicle as she crossed the street the day after Christmas. Ariyah Marie Elias, 5, was crossing at the intersection of East Guadalupe Road and South Hawes Road in Mesa, Arizona, when she was fatally hit by a truck on December 26, Mesa Police said.
![[The intersection where the little girl was fatally struck in Mesa, Arizona]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/31/20/Screenshot-2024-12-31-at-3.44.46%E2%80%AFPM.jpg)
The child was crossing the street with her mother, Alora Silva, and five other kids in the neighborhood when the crash happened. The traffic light changed when the group was making their way across the street. A truck heading west on Guadalupe “proceeded through the intersection on a green light and struck the child,” police told The Independent in a statement.
The driver reported not seeing the group until entering the intersection, and by then, it was too late, and the driver was unable to stop, police said. Officers immediately tried performing lifesaving measures on the child at the scene, but they were unsuccessful. The victim was pronounced deceased at Banner Desert Hospital.
No other pedestrians were injured, authorities said. “We understand this is a heartbreaking incident for the community, and our thoughts are with the family and everyone impacted,” Mesa Police said. No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the incident, but the investigation is still ongoing, authorities said.
