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Jaywalking teen girl dies

A 16-year-old girl hit by a pickup truck while jaywalking on Vancouver Island last month has died from her injuries.

She was struck on Sept. 21 at Mary Ellen Drive and the Island Highway in Nanaimo.

The girl ran across the highway in a crosswalk against a red light, Nanaimo RCMP said in a statement Friday.

"A driver of a pickup was not able to stop and the girl was struck," said police. 

"Witnesses state she was thrown in the air approximately 60 feet. Her friend immediately pulled her off the roadway and witnesses stopped to provide first aid." 

Mounties and an off-duty nurse helped her until paramedics arrived.



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