Child Hit by Taxi While Waiting for Bus

A nine-year-old girl was seriously injured Thursday morning when she was struck by a taxi while waiting with her brother at a bus stop in District Heights, Md.

Prince George's County Police said the incident was the result of a car accident shortly before 7:55 a.m., when a car hit a taxi near the bus stop. The impact pushed the taxi onto the curb, hitting the girl.

It happened in the 5500 block of Marlboro Pike.

The girl received serious but non-life-threatening injuries.Two adults were also injured, but not seriously.

The driver remained on the scene.

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