15-year-old Struck by Vehicle in Hamilton This Afternoon

WNEW Radio reports that a 15-year-old child is in the hospital after being run over by a vehicle in Loudoun County on this afternoon.

According to the CBS website, police responded to the 17000 block of Twin Oaks Place in Hamilton, near Purcellville, where they say a vehicle was backing up into a driveway when it struck the female victim around 2:20 p.m. The child was airlifted to a local hospital.

WTOP radio reports that Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman says that right now it appears to be a terrible accident.

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