A 2-year-old boy died after he was run over by a sport utility vehicle in the driveway of Kahalu'u home yesterday.

Police said a 31-year-old woman was reversing a 2003 Chevy Tahoe out of a carport on Ahaolelo Road when the vehicle hit the boy. Police said the boy had apparently run from an adjacent yard into the path of the SUV at about 5:20 p.m.

The boy was taken to the Kahalu'u fire station, where he was treated by firefighters until paramedics arrived. The boy was taken to Castle Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:07 p.m., police said.

Because the accident occurred in a private driveway, the boy's death was not classified as a traffic fatality.