7-year-old boy seriously injured after SUV strikes him near school on South Atherton Drive in Taylorsville, Utah
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"When I first got over there, he wasn't moving," said Stacie Rollins, who heard the commotion after the crash and ran outside to see what was happening. "There was just a puddle of blood."
Police say SUV hit the boy around 3:30 p.m. near John C Fremont Elementary School, 4249 South Atherton Drive.
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