Walking teen hurt crossing Atchison highway
09/19/2022

(KAIR)--A teenager required hospital treatment after being struck by a service truck late Monday morning.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, the 15-year-old girl was walking in the 1900 block of U.S. Highway 73, around 10:30, when she stepped from the median into the side of the southbound Peterbilt service truck.

Wilson said the girl was transported by Atchison County EMS to Mosaic Life Care, in Saint Joseph, for the treatment of injuries.

The 24-year-old driver of the truck was not hurt.


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