A 12-year-old girl is fighting for her life in the hospital after being struck by an oncoming vehicle while attempting to cross a busy roadway in North Tonawanda late Saturday evening.
Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene around 10:21pm on August 22nd following reports of a severe vehicle-versus-pedestrian collision near the intersection of River Road and Ward Road.
According to preliminary findings released by the North Tonawanda Police Department, the young pedestrian was walking within a designated crosswalk across River Road when she entered the path of southbound traffic, which had an active green signal, and was struck by a 2018 Hyundai Tucson…