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April 14, 2006

Updated: Providence police car hits boy, 7 / Photo

Journal photo / Frieda Squires
Neighbors and police gather on Sherwood Street, off Douglas Avenue, after a child who ran out into the street was hit by a police cruiser.

PROVIDENCE – A police cruiser struck a 7-year-old boy this afternoon as he darted out into Sherwood Street from behind a pickup truck, police said.

The boy was not seriously hurt, according to police, although he was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital.

Relatives identified the boy as Louis Ayala, of Sherwood Street. A hospital spokeswoman confirmed late this afternoon that Ayala was being treated at Hasbro, but she could not provide details about his status.

Maj. Paul Fitzgerald said that the boy had been playing a game called "manhunt," similar to hide and seek, when the accident occurred.

The police officer, who was not identified, was driving north on Sherwood in the city's Wanskuck section. Fitzgerald said he did not have a chance to stop.

The boy was taken to the hospital with his mother. Fitzgerald said, "It looks like he's going to be all right."

"It looks like we were lucky, the boy was lucky, everybody was lucky," he added.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Greg Smith

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