An infant sitting in a car seat was struck by a vehicle after a caregiver put the car seat down on the ground at a parking lot in Gaithersburg, Md., officials said.

The infant was being transported to a hospital but did not suffer any life-threatening injuries, according to a Twitter message from Pete Piringer, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire.

The incident happened around 10 a.m. at the Toys R Us on North Frederick Avenue.

It was not clear how or why the vehicle struck the child in the car seat.