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Eight-year-old injured in accident

An eight-year-old girl was severely injured after being hit by a truck on the Island Highway West in Bowser, north of Qualicum Bay. The incident happened around 1: 48 p.m. on Boxing Day on the highway near Fisheries Road.

An eight-year-old girl was severely injured after being hit by a truck on the Island Highway West in Bowser, north of Qualicum Bay.

The incident happened around 1: 48 p.m. on Boxing Day on the highway near Fisheries Road.

The family had stopped on the bridge over the Qualicum River when the little girl suddenly slipped off the sidewalk and hit her head on the side mirror of a passing truck.

Oceanside RCMP and firefighters from the Bow Horn Bay fire department rushed to the scene.

Two B.C. Ambulance vehicles and an air ambulance responded.

The child was flown to B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver.

There were reports the child was from Burnaby and was on Vancouver Island with her family visiting relatives over Christmas.