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Girl flown to hospital after being hit by UPS truck

Posted at 3:50 PM, May 07, 2014
and last updated 2014-05-07 17:50:51-04

NAPLES, Utah – A young girl was airlifted to a hospital after she was struck by a truck after she went out into the street Tuesday night.

Officials said the incident happened in Naples near 1500 South and 500 East when a young girl ran from behind the trash cans on the curb and into the path of a UPS delivery truck.

The driver did not see the child until it was too late, and the child was pinned under the vehicle’s tire for a time. She was extricated and flown to Primary Children’s Hospital. Officials said she suffered a leg and foot injury.

FOX 13 News will have more information as it becomes available.