A two-year-old girl was struck and killed by a pickup last night in Westport.

Indiana State Police are reporting that the accident happened at about 9 p.m. Monday night on State Road 3 near Main Street. Police say that 2-year-old Lena Snowden entered the street from the Pine Lake Apartments, moving into the path of the truck being driven by 45-year-old David C. Vanderbur of Greensburg.

The little girl was pronounced dead at the scene. State Road 3 was closed down for about two hours after the crash.

Indiana State Police were assisted at the scene of the crash by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department, Westport Police Department, Westport Fire Department, Decatur County EMS, Decatur County Coroner’s Office and the Department of Child Services.