An 11-year-old girl was taken to a hospital after she was struck by an ambulance Friday morning while on her way to school in Miami, according to school officials and witnesses.

The incident happened around 8 a.m. at 542 NW 12th Ave. in Little Havana , near SLAM Miami charter school and a few blocks from LoanDepot Park, Miami police confirmed.

Witnesses told CBS News Miami crews at the scene that a girl was walking across a crosswalk to SLAM when a speeding ambulance hit her. The ambulance had it's lights on and appeared to be taking someone to a hospital, a witness said.

According to Miami Fire-Rescue, an ambulance was transporting a patient with lights and sirens to a hospital when the girl "unexpectedly stepped out between standstill traffic."

MFR said that in an attempt to avoi

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