A teen has died after she suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash last week in a driveway in Middleton, Massachusetts, according to investigators.
The 15-year-old girl was hit by a car in a driveway on Meadowlark Farm Lane last Monday, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said Monday.
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Prosecutors said she was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she died Sunday.
The driver stayed on scene at the time of the crash and has cooperated with the investigation, the DA said.
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At this stage, investigators say they believe this was a tragic accident.
The driver was not hurt. A responding officer was treated for a minor leg injury and released from the hospital.
The victim has not been publicly identified. Police initially said she was 13 years old, but the district attorney's office said Monday that she was 15.
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