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Boy hit by car at Linköping crossing

Key Points
  • A boy under 15 was hit by a car at a crossing in Linköping.
  • He was taken to a hospital with leg pain.
  • The police report the information is preliminary and may change.

A traffic accident occurred in Linköping, Sweden, on February 23. According to Polisen Östergötland, an SOS alarm was received at 08:33 about a pedestrian being hit by a car at a crossing at the intersection of Järnvägsavenyn and Järnvägsgatan. The pedestrian, a boy under 15 years old, was taken by ambulance to a hospital, reportedly feeling pain in his leg.

Contact with his guardians has been made. Östgöta Correspondenten also reported an SOS alarm about a traffic accident at Resecentrum in Linköping on the same morning, stating that a person was hit. Polisen Östergötland noted that the information is preliminary and may change.

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