THRASHER, Miss.–It was an accident right as school was letting out at Thrasher School Monday afternoon. A 13-year-old girl hit by a car and seriously hurt, and the driver of the car that hit her, a 17-year-old student at the school.
Sheriff Randy Tolar told WTVA that the girl was crossing a county road right in front of the school at about 2:30 when she was hit.
She had to be airlifted to a Memphis hospital, but she was awake when they put her in the chopper.
The sheriff said the accident is still under investigation.