6-Year-Old Girl Killed On All-Terrain Vehicle In Lancaster County

Lancaster County authorities say a 6-year-old girl driving a four-wheeler across a state highway was struck by a vehicle and killed.

Coroner Michael Morris said Creigan Steele died at a hospital Sunday afternoon, about an hour after she was hit. It was unclear whether Creigan was wearing a helmet.

Highway Patrol Lance Corporal Bryan McDougald said the girl had been riding the child-sized, gas-powered all-terrain vehicle near S.C. 903, about 12 miles east of Lancaster. Members of her family were behind her on two other four-wheelers.

Troopers say around 2:30 p.m. Creigan stopped, then crossed into traffic and was hit by a car driven by 24-year-old Tiffany Thomas of Lancaster. Investigators estimate Thomas was driving about five miles an hour less than the 55 miles per hour speed limit on her way home from the beach.

Thomas and three children riding with her were not injured. She told Eyewitness News she saw the family sitting on the roadside, but the girl never looked before pulling out in front of her, and she couldn’t stop her car in time.

No one has been charged in the crash.

Creigan Steele would have celebrated her seventh birthday on Thursday.