Child remains hospitalized
NEWARK -- A 3-year-old girl was being treated for life-threatening injuries after she was hit by an ambulance at an intersection in the city's South Ward Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The ambulance hit the child in the intersection of Lyons Avenue and Hobson Street, according to Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter. No charges have been filed in the incident.
Carter said the ambulance was heading to pick up a patient at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center when the incident occurred and not using lights or sirens.
It was not clear which ambulance service was involved in the crash. The prosecutor's office did not name the ambulance company and a representative for Newark Beth Israel Medical Center said the hospital did not own any ambulances.
The child was being treated at University Hospital in Newark, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said. Additional details were not released.A University Hospital spokesman said its ambulance did not hit the child.
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