STURBRIDGE – A toddler was killed after he was accidentally struck by a minivan driven by his mother in the driveway of their Sturbridge home.

According to reports, 2-year old Eli Hoy ran to the path of the vehicle while it was backing up. The mother did not see the boy behind the minivan.

Emergency medical technicians arrived at the house at around 8:30 a.m. and tried to revive the child. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

“It’s a tragedy. He was like a grandbaby to me,” said Patricia Jeffries, a neighbor.