An eight-year-old boy who was riding a scooter in a residential area in Menifee was struck and killed by a vehicle, police said Monday.
The collision was reported at about 7 p.m. Sunday in the 29000 block of Shadow Hills Street, a residential cul-de-sac east of Menifee Road, according to the Menifee Police Department.
Investigators believe the boy was riding a scooter near the front yard of a home when he entered the roadway and was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound on Shadow Hills Street.
Despite lifesaving efforts by a witness, responding officers and paramedics, the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and fully cooperated with the investigation.
Neither alcohol nor drugs were believed to be factors in the crash.
Authorities withheld the name of the boy and the driver.