DA identifies 4-year-old girl killed in crash near Boston Children’s Museum

Authorities have identified a 4-year-old girl who died after being struck by a vehicle in a busy intersection near the Boston Children’s Museum Sunday.

Gracie Gancheva was fatally injured in the crash shortly after 5 p.m. at the intersection of Congress and Sleeper streets in Fort Point, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced Wednesday.

“It’s difficult to adequately express the scope of tragedy in losing someone so young,” Hayden said in a statement. “My staff and I extend our deepest condolences to Gracie Gancheva’s family, friends and loved ones.”

Accident reconstruction detectives with the Boston Police Department continue to investigate the incident, the DA’s office said. 

Boston police previously said the girl was with her family at the time of the crash. The driver remained at the scene, officials said. 

A copy of a police report obtained by Boston.com indicates that the girl lived in Denver, Colorado. An autopsy performed Monday cited “blunt force injury” as her preliminary cause of death, according to the report, and the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has preliminarily ruled the death an accident. 

The Fort Point Neighborhood Association organized a meeting Tuesday night with a member of the Boston Transportation Department to discuss the intersection of Congress and Sleeper streets. 

Following the crash, Boston Children’s Museum President and CEO Carole Charnow said in a statement the intersection in question has historically had issues “related to speed and sight lines.” It remains unclear whether Gancheva visited the museum before she died.

“Boston Children’s Museum is devastated by this tragedy and our hearts go out to the family of the little girl,” Charnow said. “While we know that there are plans in the works to permanently address this issue, we hope that something can be done right away to ensure pedestrian safety.”