Overview
- The incident occurred Saturday evening in Bezirk Schärding in Upper Austria, about 20 kilometers south of Passau.
- The parents had just finished changing the car’s tires when the 29-year-old mother reversed from the driveway and struck the child who was likely behind the vehicle.
- After hearing a loud noise, the mother stopped and found her daughter trapped under the car.
- The father attempted to lift the vehicle with a jack as paramedics arrived and performed resuscitation, but the one-year-old could not be saved.
- Local reports name the child as Sophie and note she would have turned two in early December, while authorities have not announced investigative findings or charges.