THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Officials are investigating a collision between a vehicle and a child that occurred on Soda Bay Road early Wednesday afternoon and later was reported to have resulted in the child's death.

The California Highway Patrol's online reports noted that it received a report of the crash – which occurred on Soda Bay Road at Osprey, near the Big Valley Rancheria – shortly after 12:30 p.m.

Radio reports indicated a 3-year-old child had been hit by the vehicle.

Lakeport Fire Chief Ken Wells told Lake County News that when his agency got the call the child had been transported to the Fastop convenience store at the intersection of Soda Bay Road and Highway 175.

“CHP was attending to the child,” he said.

Firefighters then took over and transported the child to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Wells said.

Numerous CHP, Lakeport Fire, Lakeport Police and sheriff's units responded to the scene, according to the CHP and Wells.

A REACH air ambulance was summoned to pick up the child at Lampson Field, but then later rerouted to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, according to reports from the scene.

The CHP reports indicated just before 1 p.m. that the crash was fatal, but additional information was not immediately available, with CHP units still out at the scene and fire officials still involved with transport to the hospital.

The vehicle involved was towed for evidence, according to the initial CHP report.

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