14-year-old was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle on Park Avenue in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
N.J. 14-year-old critically hurt after being hit by car on sidewalk
A 14-year-old was seriously injured Sunday after being hit by a car while walking on a sidewalk in Union County, authorities said. The teen was hit in Berkeley Heights at 4:06 p.m. in the 400 block of Park Avenue, police said.
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