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Elyria – The Elyria Police Department have the southbound lanes of East Bridge Street closed down while they conduct their investigation into an Auto – Pedestrian crash.

Marc Virant of Elyria said he and his friend Steve Kobylyski were heading home from work when the crash occurred. “We were stopped at the bottom of the hill on East River and I saw the girl run across East Bridge. She stopped for a moment under the bridge by a pillar then just darted across and was hit by the pick up truck.”

Virant said that the girl, who he says appeared to be a young teen, probably didn’t even see the truck because of where she was positioned. “I really doubt that the guy driving the truck saw her until the last second, we did hear him hit his brakes but there was just not enough time.”

The girl was thrown against one of the railroad bridge pillars and Virant said that when he got to her he could see how serious the injuries were to her back.

LifeCare Paramedics and Elyria Firefighters treated the girl on scene and quickly transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital. LifeCare had requested Metro LifeFlight be dispatched to the hospital for the girl. The helicopter is on the roof at EMH at this hour.

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