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Vehicle hits, seriously injures 9-year-old Lake City girl

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A 9-year-old Lake City girl is in serious condition after she was struck by a vehicle along SW Birley Avenue on Thursday morning.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a 19-year-old Lake City female was driving a sedan northbound on SW Birley Avenue at 6:41 a.m. when her vehicle struck the 9-year-old girl who entered the road into the travel lane from the east shoulder.

Emergency responders transported the girl to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville with serious injuries.

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