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Thursday, August 28, 2008 - Page updated at 11:05 AM

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Spokane boy on scooter hit by city dump truck

The family of a 9-year-old boy who was hit by a Spokane dump truck says he's in critical condition after surgery.

SPOKANE, Wash. —

The family of a 9-year-old boy who was hit by a Spokane dump truck says he's in critical condition after surgery.

Police say the boy was riding a scooter Wednesday afternoon when he was hit by the city truck working with a street sweeper in the neighborhood.

He was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center with a pelvic injury.

An aunt told KREM-TV that doctors had to remove one kidney.

(with information from KREM-TV, Spokesman-Review)

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