15-year-old struck and seriously injured by a car while crossing the street to board a school bus at Hickstown Road and Heatherwood Drive in Camden County, New Jersey
Student, 15, hit by car while boarding N.J. school bus, cops say
A 15-year-old girl crossing the street to board a school bus was seriously injured Thursday morning in Camden County when she was hit by a vehicle after the driver ignored the bus warning lights, authorities said. The student was crossing Hickstown Road from Heatherwood Drive at about 6:30 a.m. when a westbound vehicle hit her, Gloucester Township police said.
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