(KAIR)--An Atchison child, struck by a vehicle on an Atchison street Saturday, is recovering.
Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson on Sunday told MSC News the boy's parents told police the 4-year-old is doing well despite requiring hospital treatment following the accident.
Wilson told MSC News the boy was injured shortly before 4:15 Saturday afternoon after getting out of a car that had parked in the 15-hundred block of Commercial Street.
Wilson said the boy stepped into the street and was struck by a westbound vehicle driven by Loren Tacy, of Atchison.
The boy, whose name is not released, was transported by helicopter to a Kansas City hospital for the treatment of his injuries.
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