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Infant Struck By Car In Roxbury Has Died

ROXBURY (CBS) --  A 5-month-old girl who was hit by a car with her mother on Humboldt Avenue Thursday night has died.

Both the mother and her baby suffered serious head trauma and were rushed to Boston Medical Center.

Residents nearby ran to the scene of the accident and performed CPR on the infant until emergency crews arrived.

"You just pray, that's all you can do," Laticia Tolentino, a resident to tried to resuscitate the baby, said.

"We're not heroes we're just people that care, people that pride ourselves on being women of God, and we do what we think anyone should and would do," Laticia said of her and her twin sister.

The baby was pronounced dead Friday morning. No word on the mother's condition.

Police said the driver has cooperated and is not facing charges.

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