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A child was airlifted after a car accident just west of Hillsdale last month. 

While traveling north on Bunn Road in Hillsdale Township in the afternoon of March 29, a driver struck a child who ran out in front of her car, according to the police report. 

The victim and his stepbrother were looking for a spot to fish and went to a neighbor’s property but were told to return home. When they were crossing the road to go home, the stepbrother reported that the victim did not look both ways and was struck by the driver. 

An off-duty hospital employee, Lindsay Buelow, told the sheriff’s office she saw the driver hit something, which she thought was a deer. The victim flipped a couple of times before sliding to the other side of the street. After she recognized it was a child, Buelow stopped and tended to the victim until paramedics arrived. 

In her report to the police, Buelow said she did not notice any poor driving on the driver’s part. The driver appeared to Buelow to be following the speed limit and driving on the right side of the road. 

“She was emotionally shaken up,” Officer Trevor Kornak said of the driver. “She said she did not have any time to react. She immediately pulled her vehicle over and ran to the kid. Someone then called 911 and she waited for the police to show up.”

The victim was transported to St. Vincent Hospital of Toledo, where he was treated for a broken femur and other injuries. The child’s family informed police that he is in stable condition and progressing. 

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