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5-year-old girl hit by Jeep while attempting to cross Rancier Avenue

Posted at 5:48 PM, Oct 18, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-18 18:48:02-04

KILLEEN, TX — A 5-year-old girl is in critical but stable condition after she was hit by a Jeep while attempting to cross Rancier Avenue Friday afternoon.

According to the Killeen Police Department, around 1:41 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Rancier Avenue for a vehicle versus pedestrian crash.

When officers arrived, they found a 5-year-old girl lying in the roadway.

She was flown to Baylor Scott & White Temple. She is in critical by stable condition.

Killeen PD says a preliminary investigation revealed that a 2015 Jeep Patriot, occupied by two people, was traveling westbound inside the lane when the child attempted to cross southbound and was hit.

No other injuries were reported.