Three-year-old Michael Blackman was killed at about 14:40h on Sunday when he ran into the path of a motor vehicle on the La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara.Blackman, of La Parfaite Harmonie, WBD, was standing on the roadway in the company of an older cousin when he ran across the road and was struck down by a motor vehicle. He succumbed while receiving medical treatment at the West Demerara Regional Hospital. The driver of the vehicle is in police custody assisting with investigations.