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Danvers middle schooler hit walking to bus stop

Ethan Forman
Published: October 6, 2008

DANVERS — A motor vehicle struck a Holten-Richmond Middle School sixth-grader as she crossed Centre Street to get to her bus stop this morning, police Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said.

Police are not releasing the name of the girl. The name of the driver was not immediately available because the police report had not been written, Bettencourt said.

The girl was taken to Beverly Hospital for injuries Bettencourt said were not life-threatening, but which included a leg injury and abrasions to her head.

“She was crossing the street in the crosswalk to her bus stop when a motor vehicle hit her,” said Bettencourt.

The girl was crossing in the vicinity of 11 Centre St. to her bus stop at the corner of Prince Street, police said. The vehicle was heading west toward Route 1.

The driver, a man, was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and with a town ordinance violation for failing to use care when slowing or stopping.

Police are still investigating the accident, and further charges could be pending, Bettencourt said.

Centre Street is a fairly busy road, though not the busiest in town, Bettencourt said.

Patrolmen Phil Tansey, Jay George and Richard Stoney responded to the accident, Sgt. William Carleton photographed the scene and Patrolman Daniel Kenneally handled the accident reconstruction.