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21/08/2008
Student Killed On Way To Collect GCSE Results
A teenage girl has died after being knocked down while on her way to collect her GCSE results.
The 16-year-old girl, who has not been named, was hit by a refuse lorry at 9am near to her school Ysgol Gyfun Treorci in the Rhondda, south Wales.
Paramedics treated the student as she lay trapped under the vehicle on Conway Street.
Crews from the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service freed her from the wreck and she was rushed to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant where she tragically died from her injuries.
A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust said they had a crew and rapid response vehicle at the scene within three minutes of the call.
An air ambulance also arrived at the scene.
A spokeswoman for Rhonnda Cynon Taf County Borough Council confirmed a refuse truck had been involved in the incident and that the "situation was very much in the hands of the police".
A spokeswoman for South Wales Police said "one man is helping police with their enquiries".
Officers remain at the scene and a full investigation is underway.
(DS)
The 16-year-old girl, who has not been named, was hit by a refuse lorry at 9am near to her school Ysgol Gyfun Treorci in the Rhondda, south Wales.
Paramedics treated the student as she lay trapped under the vehicle on Conway Street.
Crews from the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service freed her from the wreck and she was rushed to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant where she tragically died from her injuries.
A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust said they had a crew and rapid response vehicle at the scene within three minutes of the call.
An air ambulance also arrived at the scene.
A spokeswoman for Rhonnda Cynon Taf County Borough Council confirmed a refuse truck had been involved in the incident and that the "situation was very much in the hands of the police".
A spokeswoman for South Wales Police said "one man is helping police with their enquiries".
Officers remain at the scene and a full investigation is underway.
(DS)
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