El Paso Police say father unknowingly ran over his toddler child who ended up on driveway

EL PASO, Texas -- A father unknowingly ran over his 1-year-old child Tuesday morning in the lower valley, according to El Paso police.

Investigators say it happened at 10 a.m. at the 8700 block of Cathedral, which is south of Ysleta High School.

Police say the 27-year-old man, his wife, and his preschool-aged child were on the driver's side of the man's vehicle when the couple's 1-year-old child somehow ended up on the driveway.

The child was run over as his father drove off. The toddler was taken to a nearby hospital by his father and was pronounced dead.