Girl, 7, killed by armored truck in B’klyn

A 7-year-old girl riding a scooter Monday afternoon was struck and killed by an armored truck on a Brooklyn street, as her family watched in horror, police said.

Little Sama Ali was crossing Bath Ave. near Bay 23rd St. just before 4:10 p.m. with her family when the GardaWorld armored truck driver made a left and struck her, cops said.

Police do not suspect criminality, an NYPD spokesman said. The driver, a man in his 40s, said he didn’t see the little girl as she crossed, the spokesman said.

He remained on the scene.

Medics rushed the girl, with a police escort, to Lutheran Hospital, but she couldn’t be saved.

Workers at the Nile Express Pharmacy didn’t hear any screeching tires or yells, but came outside when they noticed a crowd gathering and saw the girl lying on the crosswalk.

Sama (inset) was walking with her mother, a brother and friends on their way from spending a day at a park around the corner.

“The mom, she cry a lot,” said Peter Younan, 34.

Another worker said someone who appeared to be the girl’s dad came running down the street shortly after. “That was a horrible thing to see. He came runningg down screaming her name,” said Waqar Yussouf, 39. “They wouldn’t let him go all the way over.”

“There was so much blood it was horrific,” Yussouf said. “Her shoe is still there.”

A small pink Adidas sandal lay in the street.

Both workers said children from the park and a nearby school are always in the area.

“How fast can you be going on a left turn?”

Yussouf asked. “Maybe if it t was a Honda or a Toyota she s would have survived.”

Saleem Mohammed, 62, 6 who lives in the neighborhood, said he saw the girl’s scooter in the street.

“She was in the crosswalk. He was making a le eft turn and he knocked in nto her,” he said. “We’ll pray for her.”

Police were investigating the crash.

GardaWorld’s trucks and drivers have been at the center of several tragedies in recent years. An investigative project by the Tampa Bay Times revealed that at least 19 people were killed in Garda crashes between 2008 and March 1, 2020, with 12 of those deaths caused by mechanical failure or driver error.