Route 228 was shut down for hours after a child was hit by a vehicle.
According to dispatchers, the incident happened around 5:30 p.m. near the new Sheetz across from the Mars Middle School.
The initial call said a child was on the ground and in critical condition. The child was taken to Children’s Hospital.
According to our news partners at WPXI, the victim was a 13-year-old girl who was trying to cross the road to get to the gas station. There’s no word on her current condition.
The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.
State police responded to the scene and shut down Route 228 for a couple of hours in order to reconstruct the accident.
Crews remained on scene until nearly 9:30 p.m.
