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Child taken to hospital after hit and run

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A four-year-old was hit by a car in southwest Charlotte on Tuesday and was left in the middle of Hemphill Street.

Mecklenburg EMS officials said the child was taken to the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries.

A neighbor told Channel 9 the driver got out to check on the child but left before the parents arrived.

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