Thursday, March 27, 2014

Hattiesburg child struck by motorist, airlifted to UMC - WDAM-TV








HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -

A boy is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle this evening. He was riding his bike on Country Club Rd. in Hattiesburg when it happened. Police Lt. John Traxler says the child was rushed to a local hospital before being airlifted a short time later to University Medical Center in Jackson.


"Around six o'clock this afternoon, we got a call of a bicyclist that had been hit by a vehicle here on Country Club Road, around Parkdale Avenue. Officers arrived on the scene. They did find a juvenile that was laying on the ground and he was suffering from some injuries," Traxler said.


The driver stayed on the scene. He, too, was transported to the hospital.


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