Woman hospitalized while helping kid avoid getting hit by car in Dayton

DAYTON — A woman is hospitalized after helping a kid avoid getting hit by a car in Dayton Friday night.

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Officers and medics were dispatched around 7:39 p.m. to the 1800 block of Germantown Street near Lakeview Avenue on initial reports of a vehicle hitting a person, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch.

A child ran onto the roadway and the woman was able to get the child out of the way but got hit by a car in the process, officers told News Center 7 at the scene.

Medics transported her to the hospital and she is listed in stable condition.

The child is okay and the driver is cooperating with the investigation.

Traffic on Germantown Street has reopened.

The crash remains under investigation.

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