By Associated Press - Wednesday, August 20, 2014

MAHANOY, Pa. (AP) - Police in Schuylkill County say a 12-year-old girl has lost part of her leg after being struck by a train.

The Pottsville Republican-Herald https://goo.gl/Bw3wi4) reports that she was struck by a Reading & Northern train in Mahanoy (MA’-ha-noy) City at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The girl has been flown to a trauma hospital.



No further information is immediately available.

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