“We always think that our children are safe,” said the girl’s mom, Maria Scaggs
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- A 12-year-old girl was hit by a car while in a crosswalk near an Iowa school on Friday, Sept. 5
- The girl reportedly sustained non-life threatening injuries and was hospitalized overnight
- Maria Scaggs, the girl’s mother, said she is “grateful” that her daughter survived
An Iowa mom is speaking out after her 12-year-old daughter was hit by a car while in a crosswalk near a local school.
The incident occurred just after 3:30 p.m. local time on Friday, Sept. 5 in the 300 block of East County Line Road in Des Moines, according to CBS affiliate KCCI and NBC affiliate WHO.
The girl was leaving McComb Middle School and was in a crosswalk near Studebaker Elementary School when the collision occurred, according to WHO…