girl2RACINE — A Racine family mourns the death of their little girl, after an accident involving a vehicle struck her.

A teenager was driving the vehicle when he struck five-year-old Naomi Gurrero as she stood  in a driveway. The five-year-old girl is dead, and police say it was a tragic accident.

According to Racine police a van being driven by the teenage bot was backing out of a driveway on First Ave. when he struck the five-year old. That child later died from her injuries.

Officials say the girl had just arrived to attend a party in the neighborhood.

Witnesses told officers that the child was standing at the end of a driveway facing the street. that’s when officials say the 16-year-old Racine boy began backing his family’s van out of the driveway. The five-year-old was struck by the passenger side corner of the van and knocked to the ground. Officials say she was then run over by the passenger side rear wheel.

The driver told officers he did not know that he had struck anything. The driver went on to say that he heard people yelling and shouting when at that point, the driver pulled the van forward in the driveway and run over the five-year-old a second time.

The five-year-old was conscious when officers and rescue arrived. The victim was transported to Wheaton Franciscan Emergency Room for treatment — where she later died from her injuries.

The five-year-old girl is identified as Naomi Guerrero.

“My baby was smart, full of life. Going into kindergarten to grammar school,” Naomi’s mother, Esmeralda Guerrero told FOX6 News.

“At this time, we believe it to be just a tragic accident. The 16-year-old wasn`t able to see the child where she was, and we just feel horrible for the family,” Racine Police Sgt. Jessie Metoyer said.

The family however is unwilling to accept that explanation.

“He punched it with my baby all the way up his driveway. This is not an accident,” the child’s mother, Esmeralda Guerrero told FOX6 News.

The family is unable to make any further comment on the matter under advisement of their lawyer.