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Teen critical after being hit by van

Monday, January 16, 2012 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

KANNAPOLIS — A 14-year-old girl is in critical condition and a second teen hospitalized after they ran into the path of a van Sunday evening, police said.

The teens were taking part in a scavenger hunt and had just gotten a clue around 7:45 p.m. when they ran across Mount Olivet Road between South Cannon Boulevard and South Ridge Avenue to get back into a waiting car, the Kannapolis Police Department said.

The girl and a 15-year-old boy didn’t see a Toyota Sienna van going west on Mount Olivet Road just west of Cannon Boulevard. And the driver of the van, 54-year-old Deborah Davis Helms of Heather Glen Road, couldn’t avoid hitting them.

Both teenagers were taken to Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord. The girl had a severe head injury and was listed in critical condition today, police said. The boy was listed in stable condition with injuries that were not life-threatening.

The Police Department’s traffic division is investigating. No charges are pending, Capt. Kenneth Jackson said.

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