DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta child was seriously injured on Monday evening after she was hit by a car.
Georgia State Patrol says a group of kids were walking along W. Stewart Mill Road just outside Douglasville city limits around 5:45 p.m.
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The kids told troopers that a dog started running toward them and the 10-year-old girl ran out into the road.
That’s when a Nissan Murano being driven by a 51-year-old Douglasville man crashed into the girl.
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The girl, whose name has not been released, was flown to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta with serious injuries.
There is no word on her current condition.
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