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7-Year-Old Running To School Hit By Car

Boy Trying To Catch Up To Sister

POSTED: 9:58 am MDT September 3, 2010
UPDATED: 10:27 am MDT September 3, 2010

A 7-year-old boy running to catch up to his sister on the way to school was hit by a car Thursday.

Witnesses said the boy ran across Austin Bluffs Parkway near Family Place in Colorado Springs at about 7:45 a.m.

He crossed against the light, the police report said.

Witnesses said a woman driving south on Austin Bluffs Parkway tried to avoid the boy, but hit him.

The boy was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The driver was shaken, but not injured. Police said they do not expect charges in the case.
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