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11-year-old girl hit by vehicle after getting off school bus in Watertown released from hospital

NBC Connecticut

An 11-year-old girl who was hit by a vehicle after being dropped off by her school bus in Watertown Tuesday afternoon has been released from the hospital, according to police.

It happened on Buckingham Street near Cummings Avenue around 3 p.m.

Police said the school bus had dropped off the girl, who su a student at Swift Middle School, and left the area and she was trying to cross Buckingham Street in an area without a crosswalk when a Chevrolet Trax SUV struck her

The girl was taken to Waterbury Hospital and has been released.

Police said the driver is cooperating with the investigation and no charges have been filed.

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