WATERTOWN, NY —Â A child was taken to Samaritan Medical Center after being hit by a car on Gotham Street between Ward and Harewood streets at about 3 p.m. Thursday.
City police are investigating. Further details have not been released.
Initial reports suggested the child was an 8-year-old girl.
City firefighters and Guilfoyle Ambulance assisted at the scene.
Watertown City School District Superintendent Patricia LaBarr and staff from Knickerbocker Elementary School also responded to the scene.
