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June 3, 2008

Child hit by pickup truck in Providence this afternoon

PROVIDENCE -- A 9-year-old boy was struck by a small pickup truck on Leah Street this afternoon.

Assistant Fire Chief Michael Dillon said the boy had shoulder injuries, abrasions to the forehead, severe road rash to a knee, and internal injuries, including to a lung. The boy had apparently been dragged some distance by the truck.

The accident happened in the 180 block of Leah Street .

Jim Gomes, a neighbor, said he called 911 after hearing someone exclaim outside his house. He saw a boy leaning against a tree who appeared to be bleeding from the head and had an injury to a leg.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Richard Dujardin

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:02 PM | Permalink

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