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STUART, Fla. — A 12-year-old child was struck by a pickup truck while crossing in a marked crosswalk in Stuart and airlifted to a hospital for treatment.

The Stuart Police Department responded to the vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash at approximately 4:10 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at the intersection of Bayou Avenue.

Initial reports indicate the child was crossing the street within the marked crosswalk when a red Chevrolet pickup truck traveling eastbound on MLK Jr. Boulevard struck the child.

Officers and Stuart Fire Rescue personnel quickly rendered aid before the child was airlifted to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach for

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