ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, October 6, 1996                TAG: 9610070089
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-3  EDITION: METRO 

6-YEAR-OLD HIT BY CAR, HOSPITALIZED

A 6-year-old Pulaski County girl was seriously injured Saturday when a car hit her as she ran across Virginia 617 near Fairlawn to join a playmate, state police said.

The driver did not see the girl, whose name is being withheld because of her age, because a bush blocked his view, police said.

The girl was first taken to Carilion Radford Community Hospital and then later a Roanoke hospital. Her family asked that information about her condition not be released.

No charges have been filed, but the commonwealth's attorney will be consulted, police said.

- Staff report

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