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10-Year-Old Struck By Hit-and-Run Motorcycle in Newark’s South Ward

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Newark Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle who struck a child in the city’s South Ward then drove away. 

Police officials said just after 6:45 p.m. today, officers responded to the area of Chancellor Avenue and Schley Street on a call of a pedestrian struck.

According to police, responding officers located a 10-year-old girl who was struck by a motorcycle.

Police say the child sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to University Hospital for treatment.

The driver did not remain at the scene and is at large. 

This incident remains under investigation. 

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