2009.03.20
Pulaski students hit by car, none injured
Three elementary school children were struck by a car this morning in Pulaski, but none of them were badly hurt, police said.
The children, two 6-year-old girls and an 8-year-old girl, were hit about 7:50 a.m. as they waited for the school bus at the intersection of Commerce and Bertha Streets S.W., Pulaski police Chief Gary Roche said.
A rescue squad checked out the children, Roche said. Two were unhurt, he said, and the third was taken to Pulaski Community Hospital with a minor knee injury.
The 16-year-old driver of the vehicle had failed to adequately clear icy frost from the windows and didn’t see the children in the street as she made a right turn onto Bertha, Roche said.
The vehicle was moving slowly when it struck the children, he said.
The children were being watched by at least two of their guardians at the time, Roche said.
The driver, whom Roche didn’t name becuase of her age, was charged with having defective equipment and could face another charge.
-- Shawna Morrison
