Teen girl airlifted with serious injuries after being struck by vehicle near crosswalk in Cary

A teenage girl was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle and found lying in the road near a crosswalk in Cary Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. The Cary Fire Protection District and Cary Police Department responded just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of Cary-Algonquin Road and Norman Drive in Cary for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. Dispatchers relayed to responding crews that one person was on the ground and not moving, according to fire department radio traffic. Paramedics arrived within moments and found a teenage girl lying in the roadway near the crosswalk next to the intersection, Cary Fire Protection District Public Information Officer Alex Vucha said. The intersection, which has a marked pedestrian crosswalk with crossing signs, is just down the road from the fire district’s Station 1 at 400 Cary-Algonquin Road.

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