A 12-year-old girl was struck by a van and seriously injured near a school in Crystal Lake this morning.
The girl was in a crosswalk near Hannah Beardsley Middle School around 7 a.m. when she was hit by a cargo van towing a trailer at Crystal Lake Avenue and Oak Hollow Road, police said.
The girl was initially taken to Centegra-Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry, but was immediately transferred by helicopter to Lutheran General Hospital, a trauma center in Park Ridge.
The extent of her injuries were not known.
Police issued a citation to the van’s driver for failure to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The driver, Giles Simonson, 50, of McHenry was not injured.
Police said they were continuing to investigate the accident.
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