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Teen Boy Struck by Vehicle in Newark's North Ward

Newark

Police are investigating a pedestrian strike that left a teenage boy injured in Newark's North Ward on Thursday afternoon.

It happened at approximately 3:15 p.m. in the teens block of 2nd Avenue near Wakeman Avenue where emergency responders were alerted to an injured person.

Crews arrived at the scene and found a 16-year-old boy on the ground suffering a leg and arm injury after a vehicle struck him at that location.

EMS transported the victim to the hospital where doctors treated non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the car stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.

The incident remains under investigation.

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