Nine-year-old boy, teenage girl hospitalized after struck by car

Nov. 23, 2015 5:34 PM PT

A boy and a teenage girl were hospitalized Monday afternoon after being struck by a car in Burbank, police said.

Shortly before 4 p.m., the 16-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy were walking eastbound on Pacific Avenue when they were struck by a car traveling northbound on Niagara Street, said Burbank Police Lt. Jay Hawver.

Both were reportedly transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation is ongoing. Further details were not immediately available.

Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com

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Alene Tchekmedyian

Alene Tchekmedyian is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, focusing on accountability stories and writing about failures by officials to comply with transparency laws. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader.