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Truck hits girl in crosswalk
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Emergency personnel help a girl who was struck by a truck while walking across E. Canal Drive on Wednesday. - photo by SABRA STAFFORD / The Journal

A teenage girl walking across Canal Drive was struck by a pickup truck and taken to the hospital Wednesday.

The girl, whose age was not available, suffered injuries that were not considered life threatening, said Turlock Police Cpl. Raul Garcia.

The accident happened shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of E. Canal Drive and Olive Avenue.

The girl was walking in the crosswalk when she was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado that was turning left from Olive onto Canal.

The driver remained at the scene and no arrests were made.

Remembering a ‘fierce defender of freedom’
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During a Memorial Day ceremony held on Monday at Turlock Memorial Park, Marsha Gonsalves, with the support of her husband Larry, shares memories of their son, Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves, who died on Feb. 13, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan (KRISTINA HACKER/The Journal).
Every Memorial Day, locals put on their red, white and blue attire, maybe don a red poppy in remembrance of the fallen, and make their way to Turlock Memorial Park cemetery.
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