On Sunday afternoon, August 2, a young toddler was killed in north Fargo.
According to police, the accident happened around 12.30 p.m. in an alley behind the child’s home near the 1100 Block of 18th Street North.
The child was 20 month old Easton H. Schlicht and he appears to have been hit by a Cadillac Escalade SUV being driven by his 28 year old father, Kyle R. Schlicht. The boy died from head injuries shortly after he was hit but police were waiting for the results of an autopsy for confirmation.
Although the driver was alone in the vehicle at the time of the incident, the child’s mother and some other relatives were in the home, when the vehicle hit the boy at low speed. It is not known whether the SUV was reversing or going forwards when it hit the toddler. In addition it is not known why the child was in the alley.
Fargo police have said that criminal charges are not expected in the case and that drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the boy’s death.
The Cass County Coroner’s Office is working with Fargo Police on the investigation.
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