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PEDESTRIAN HIT FRIDAY MORNING IN HARBOR BEACH
CRAIG ROUTZAHN
Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:18:30 EST
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A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL, WALKING TO SCHOOL WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE IN HARBOR BEACH FRIDAY MORNING. HARBOR BEACH POLICE CHIEF TODD BUCHOLTZ SAID THE TEEN WAS CROSSING IN A SCHOOL CROSS WALK. SHE WAS HEADING TO SCHOOL EARLY AND THE CROSSING GUARD WAS NOT ON SITE YET. SHE WALKED FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE SOUTH WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A HARBOR BEACH WOMAN. THE GIRL WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HARBOR BEACH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WITH WHAT CHIEF BUCHOLTZ SAID WERE NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. (AT THE TIME WE TALKED WITH HIM, THE VICTIM WAS STILL BEING ASSESSED BY HOSPITAL PERSONNEL.) THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HURT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON STATE STREET NEAR FIFTH STREET. BUCHOLTZ SAID DRIVERS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAREFUL AND TRAVEL SLOW WHEN KIDS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL. HE TOLD US THE POLICE REPORTS ON THE ACCIDENT WILL BE SENT TO THE PROSECUTOR FOR REVIEW. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AT 7:20 FRIDAY MORNING.
