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Truck driver arrested after crash kills child
Posted: 04.01.2010 at 7:36 PM
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) -- Brighton police say they arrested a 55-year-old man in a crash that killed a 2-year-old girl from Rock Island, Ill.

Police said Thursday that James Diggs, of Ann Arbor, Mich., was arrested after being released from a hospital Wednesday afternoon.

Police say he's being held on charges of careless driving causing death and careless driving causing injury.

Police say 2-year-old Aileen J. Rodriguez was in her child safety seat in a minivan that was stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 76 in Brighton, Colo. Police say the minivan was struck Tuesday night by a truck driven by Diggs.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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