LIBERTY TOWNSHIP-A Lakota East freshman was struck by a pickup truck while walking between the district’s freshman campus and high school on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. The 15-year-old student was in a crosswalk on Bethany Road around 2 p.m.
when the incident occurred. The student sustained serious injuries and was transported to UC West Chester Hospital. The sheriff’s office’s traffic accident reconstruction team is investigating the crash, and the driver of the pickup truck remained at the scene and is cooperating with authorities. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be involved.