Boy Hit, Killed While Checking Mailbox

State troopers say a 6-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle after crossing a road to check his grandparents' mailbox in Ross County. The State Highway Patrol says the boy was on his way back to his grandparents' home when he was hit Tuesday afternoon along state Route 28 in Chillicothe, roughly 40 miles south of Columbus. Troopers say witnesses to the collision tried to resuscitate the boy, who was taken to a hospital and died. The patrol identified him as identified as Brandon Dyer of Chillicothe. The patrol says the vehicle that struck the boy was driven by a 63-year-old Chillicothe woman. It released no other details about the crash. The agency says the collision remains under investigation.