A 5-year-old girl died on Thursday after she was struck by an SUV close to her home in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn, police said.
Kiko Shao was running across 55th Street near Fifth Avenue shortly before 3:30 p.m. when she was struck by a Cadillac Escalade traveling southbound on 55th Street, police said.
The child was transported to Luther Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The driver, 28, remained on the scene, police said. No charges have been filed.