CHICAGO (CBS) — A man abandoned his truck after he struck a 7-year-old girl riding a bicycle Sunday afternoon in unincorporated St. Charles Township, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office.
Police say just after 1 p.m., a black Dodge pickup struck the girl on Geneva Avenue. Neighbors say she was on her way to play with a friend.
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The girl was airlifted to Lutheran General Hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.
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