BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KFSM) - A junior high school student was hospitalized after a car hit him Thursday afternoon in Bentonville, officials said.
The seventh-grader was airlifted to a hospital in Springfield, Mo., said Mary Ley of Bentonville Public Schools.
Emergency crews rushed to the intersection of East Central Avenue and Jay Court about 4 p.m. after receiving a call that a boy was struck by a private vehicle, according to the Bentonville Fire Department.
The seventh-grader from Washington Junior School was rushed to Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville, then airlifted to a hospital in Springfield, Mo. His condition was unknown Thursday afternoon.
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