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6-year-old girl in 'serious but stable condition' after being struck by car

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the girl suffering from life-threatening injuries from an auto-pedestrian accident.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A 6-year-old girl is recovering in a hospital after being struck by a vehicle in a Port Arthur neighborhood, according to the Port Arthur Police Department.

It happened Tuesday just before 7 p.m. in the 2000 block of 17th Street.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the girl suffering from life-threatening injuries from the auto-pedestrian accident.

She was taken to a Houston hospital in “serious but stable condition,” police say.

Investigators say the driver involved was not fault at the time of the accident.

A review of the accident is still underway by the Advanced Accident Reconstruction Team of the Port Arthur Police Department.

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