A 12-year-old

girl was struck by a motorcycle while she crossed Peachtree Parkway Sunday

afternoon.

Although police

stress the investigation is ongoing, preliminary information indicated

that a van had stopped on the parkway to let the child cross before she

was struck by a BMW motorcycle driven by Michael T. White, 54, of Peachtree

City.

White was traveling

in one of the two southbound lanes on the parkway and it was likely that

the van blocked his view of the pedestrian, said Maj. Mike DuPree of the

Peachtree City Police Department.

The incident

occurred near Waterwood Bend at 4:30 p.m., DuPree said.

The victim

was flown to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta for treatment. Although

she had a scooter when she was struck, police believe she was walking

it across the road, DuPree said.

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